Cophoscincopus simulans

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: Cophoscincopus simulans

Name

Cophoscincopus simulans (Vaillant, 1884)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.6457, collected by M. Chaper on 27 February 1882.
• Type locality: “Crouacrou”, Ghana.

Combinations

• Cophoscincus simulans Vaillant, 1884: 349 [original combination]
• Lygosoma simulans — Tornier, 1901: 86 [subsequent combination]
• Cophoscincopus simulans — Böhme, Schmitz & Ziegler, 2000: 779 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Vaillant, L. 1884. Catalogue raisonné des reptiles et batraciens d'Assinie donnés par M. Chaper au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1884: 343–354. BHL
• 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 simulans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2020.
• Penner, J., Branch, W.R. & Rödel , M.-O. 2013. IUCN: Cophoscincopus simulans  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152681A13152688. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152681A13152688.en. Accessed on 30 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Vaillant's Keeled Water Skink