Sepsina copei BOCAGE, 1873

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Sepsina Skink
Synonym	Sepsina copii BOCAGE 1873: 212 Sepsina copei — MARQUES et al. 2018: 252
Distribution	Angola Type locality: Dombe, Benguella, and Novo Redondo, N of Benguella, Angola
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Syntypes: lost, MB (also as MBL = Museu Bocage, Lison) (lost in fire that destroyed that collection in 1978; from Dombe, Benguella, Angola, collected J. d'Anchieta (3 specimens), and Novo Redondo, N of Benguella, Angola, collector not stated (1 specimen)
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Etymology	Named after Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), an American zoologist and paleontologist.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Bocage,J.V.B. 1873. Melanges erpetologiques. II. Sur quelques reptiles et batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d‘Afrique occidentale. Jorn. Acad. Sci. Lisboa 4: 209-227 Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II)
External links	Google images

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