| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Angola Skink |
| Synonym | Sepsina angolensis BOCAGE 1866: 63
Sepsina grammica COPE 1868: 318
Sepsina grammica — ZOOLOGICAL RECORD 1873: 88
Sepsina angolensis — PETERS 1881: 147
Sepsina hessei BOETTGER 1887: 649
Sepsina hessei — HEWITT 1927: 402
Sepsina grammica — HEWITT 1927: 404
Scelotes grammica — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1929: 337
Sepsina angolensis — WITTE 1933
Sepsina angolensis — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942
Scelotes angolensis — BROADLEY 1971
Sepsina angolensis — BROADLEY 1998 |
| Distribution | N Namibia, Angola, W Zambia, W Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire).
Type locality: Duque de Braganca, Angola
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| Reproduction | viviparous |
| Types | Holotype: lost, MB (also as MBL = Museu Bocage, Lison) (lost in fire that destroyed that collection in 1978; Duque de Braganca, Angola, collected F.A.P. Bayão.
Lectotype: SMF 16036, from “Kinshassa am Stanley Pool, unterer Kongo” [hessei]
Holotype: MCZ 5787 [grammica] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Skull diameters: Palatine bones widely separated along the midline; palatal rami of pterygoids expanded medially with a tendency toward emargination posteriorly; pterygoid teeth present. Postorbital bone present and relatively well developed; supratemporal arch strong and fenestra well developed; 12 to IS maxillary teeth. External characters: Interparietal small, not touching supraocular scales; a pair of supranasals meeting behind rostral; external ear opening present; digits 4-4 or fewer [from GREER 1970]. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Both Boettger 1887 as well as Hewitt 1927 describe Sepsina hessei as “sp. nov.” Sepsina grammica is a synonym of Sepsina angolensis following a note in the MCZ type catalogue (which has the type of S. grammica).
Type species: Sepsina angolensis BOCAGE 1866 is the type species of the genus Sepsina BOCAGE 1866. |
| Etymology | Named after its distribution in Angola. |
| References |
- Barbour, T. & LOVERIDGE,A. 1929. Typical reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. [type catalogue] Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 69: 205-360 - get paper here
- Bocage, J. V. B. 1866. Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale, que se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne. Jorn. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 1: 57-78.
- Bocage, J. V. Barboza du. 1896. Mammiferos, aves e reptis da Hanha, no sertào de Benguella. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physîcas e Naturaes, Lisboa (2) 14: 105-114.
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- Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1881. Zwei neue von Herrn Major von Mechow während seiner letzten Expedition nach West-Afrika entdeckte Schlangen und eine Übersicht der von ihm mitgebrachten herpetologischen Sammlung. Sitzungsber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin 1881 (9): 147-150 - get paper here
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- Witte, G. F. de & R. LAURENT 1942. Contribution à la Faune Herpétologique du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 36 (2): 101-115
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