Cophoscincopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Cophoscincopus
Species (4): C. durus – C. greeri – C. senegalensis – C. simulans

Name

Cophoscincopus Mertens, 1934: 188 [nomen substitutum]

• Type species: Cophoscincus simulans Vaillant, 1884, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Cophoscincus Vaillant, 1884 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Cophoscincus Peters, 1867]
  • Type species: Cophoscincus simulans Vaillant, 1884, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1933. Die Scinciden-Gattung Cophoscincopus Vaillant. Zoologischer Anzeiger 102: 188–190.

Additional references

• Böhme, W., Schmitz, A. & Ziegler, T. 2000. A review of the West African skink genus Cophoscincopus Mertens (Reptilia: Scincidae: Lygosominae): resurrection of C. simulans (Vaillant, 1884) and description of a new species. Revue suisse de Zoologie 107(4): 777–791. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cophoscincopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: West African Keeled Water Skinks