Cophoscincopus
| Cophoscincopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Cophoscincopus Mertens, 1934[1] |
Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa.[2][3] As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.[4]
Species
There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus.[2]
- Cophoscincopus durus (Cope, 1862)
- Cophoscincopus greeri Böhme, Schmitz & Ziegler, 2000
- Cophoscincopus senegalensis J.-F. Trape, Mediannikov & S. Trape, 2012
- Cophoscincopus simulans (Vaillant, 1884)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cophoscincopus.
Etymology
The specific name, greeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Allen Eddy Greer.[5]
References
- ^ "Cophoscincopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae. (in German).
- ^ a b Cophoscincopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 March 2014.
- ^ "Cophoscincopus — Keeled Water Skinks". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
- ^ Bauer, Aaron M. [in French]; Jackman, Todd R. (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 581–586.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cophoscincopus greeri, p. 108).
Further reading
- Mertens R (1934). "Die Inseln-Reptilien, ihre Ausbreitung, Variation und Artbildung ". Zoologica Stuttgart 32 (84): 1-209. (in German).
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