Sepsina is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to southern Africa.

Taxonomy

This genus is presently placed in the subfamily Scincinae, a subfamily which seems to be paraphyletic however. Sepsina belongs to a major clade of this group which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.

Species

The following five species are recognized:

• Sepsina alberti Hewitt, 1929 – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink

• Sepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 – Angola skink

• Sepsina bayonii (Bocage, 1866) – Bayon's skink

• Sepsina copei Bocage, 1873 – sepsina skink, Cope's reduced-limb skink

• Sepsina tetradactyla W. Peters, 1874 – four-fingered skink

References

Further reading

• (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. (HTML abstract)

• Bocage JVB (1866). "Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1: 57–78. (Sepsina, new genus, p.62; Sepsina angolensis, new species, p.63; Dumerilia, new genus, p.63; Dumerilia bayonii, new species, pp.63–64). (in French).

• Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Sepsina, p.145; Sepsina alberti, p.145 + Plate 49; Sepsina angolensis, p.146 + Plate 101).