| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: 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
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| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| 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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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897), American herpetologist. See Osborn 1929 and Vetter 2003 for biographical notes. |
| 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. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa 4: 209-227 - get paper here
- Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167-217 - get paper here
- 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)
- Osborn, H. F. 1929. Biographical memoir of Edward Drinker Cope 1840-1897. National Academy of Sciences 13: 127-317 (1930?)
- Parrinha, Diogo; Mariana P. Marques, Ana Carolina Andrade De Sousa, Aaron M. Bauer & Luis M.P. Ceríaco 2025. Buried in the Sands of Time: A New Species of Sepsina Bocage, 1866, from Angola (Squamata: Scincidae) Annals of Carnegie Museum Jan 2025 Vol. 90, No. 3: 183-193 - get paper here
- Vetter, H. 2003. Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897). Sekretär 3 (2): 21-30 - get paper here
- Witte, G.F. de & R. LAURENT 1943. Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger. Mém. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. (sér.2) 26: 44 pp. - get paper here
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