Sepsina copei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Sepsina |
Species: | S. copei
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Binomial name | |
Sepsina copei Bocage, 1873
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Sepsina copei, also known commonly as Cope's reduced-limb skink or the sepsina skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Angola.[2]
The specific name, copei, is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.[3]
The preferred natural habitat of S. copei is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).[1]
S. copei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in), and a tail length of 5 cm (2.0 in). The eye is small, and the lower eyelid is transparent. It has very short legs, with three toes on each foot. Dorsally, it is pale brown. Ventrally, it is whitish.[4]
S. copei is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
S. copei is viviparous.[2]