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Sepsina tetradactyla PETERS, 1874

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesSepsina tetradactyla tetradactyla PETERS 1874
Sepsina tetradactyla hemptinnei WITTE 1933 
Common NamesE: Four-fingered Skink 
SynonymSepsina (Rhinoscincus) tetradactyla PETERS 1874: 374
Scelotes tetradactylus — LOVERIDGE 1955: 174
Scelotes tetradactylus — LOVERIDGE 1957: 221
Sepsina tetradactyla — BROADLEY 1998
Sepsina tetradactyla — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Sepsina tetradactyla — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 167
Sepsina tetradactyla — PIETERSEN et al. 2021

Sepsina tetradactyla hemptinnei WITTE 1933
Sepsina Hemptinnei WITTE 1933: 188
Sepsina hemptinnei — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1942
Sepsina hemptinnei — DE WITTE & LAURENT 1943: 9, 15
Sepsina tetradactyla hemptinnei — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14
Sepsina hemptinnei — BRANCH 2008 
DistributionTanzania, Malawi, Zambia, S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

tetradactyla: E Tanzania, south to Malawi

hemptinnei: W Tanzania (near Ujiji), west to Congo (Zaire); Type locality: Lukafu, Kundelungu, Shaba Province, Zaire.

Type locality: Zanzibar coast = Tanzania [tetradactyla]  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 8047
Holotype: RMCA (= MRAC) (R. G. Musée du Congo) 8433 [hemptinnei] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2593 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentLimb morphology: Reduced limbs. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “tetra” = four, and “dactylus” = digit. Sepsina tetradactyla hemptinnei has been named after “Son Excellence Révérendissime Monseigneur DE HEMPTINNE, Vicaire Apostolique du Katanga. Je tiens à lui exprimer ici ma vive reconnaissance pour l'aide si efficace qu'il a bien voulu m'apporter dans l'accomplissement de ma mIssion.” (de WITTE 1933). 
References
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
  • Branch, W.R. 2008. PROPOSED KALUKUNDI MINE (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) - TERRESTRIAL FAUNA. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (FINAL REPORT). A specialist report for Envirolution Consulting (Pty) Ltd., 83 pp.
  • Broadley, D. G. 1973. Addenda and corrigenda to “The reptiles and amphibians of Zambia”. The Puku, Occas. Pap. Dept. Wild. Fish. Natl. Parks Zambia No. 7: 93-95
  • Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70
  • Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  • Loveridge, A. 1955. On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C. J. P. lonides,. Journ. E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. 22: 169-198
  • Loveridge, A. 1957. Check list of the reptiles and amphibians of east Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 117 (2): 153-362 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1874 (Juni): 368-377 - get paper here
  • Pietersen, Darren, Verburgt, Luke & Davies, John 2021. Snakes and other reptiles of Zambia and Malawi. Struik Nature / Penguin Random House South Africa, 376 pp., ISBN 9781775847373
  • Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Witte, G. F. de 1933. Description de Reptiles nouveaux provenant du Katanga (1930-31). Rev. Zool. Bot. afr., Bruxelles, 23 (2): 185-192
  • Witte, G. F. de & R. LAURENT 1942. Contribution à la Faune Herpétologique du Congo belge. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 36 (2): 101-115
  • 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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