Cophoscincopus

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]

Cophoscincopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Cophoscincopus
Mertens, 1934[1]

Species

There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cophoscincopus.

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References
  1. "Cophoscincopus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/eugongylinae. (in German).
  2. Cophoscincopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 March 2014.
  3. "Cophoscincopus — Keeled Water Skinks". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  4. Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R. (2008). "Global diversity of lizards in freshwater (Reptilia: Lacertilia)". Hydrobiologia. 595 (1): 581–586. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9115-0.

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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