Sepsina caluanda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Sepsina
Species: Sepsina caluanda

Name

Sepsina caluanda Parrinha, Marques, Sousa, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2025

• Holotype: CAS 85972, adult ♂, collected by Edward S. Ross and Robin E. Leech on 3 June 1958.
• Type locality: “surroundings of Cacuaco, Luanda Province, Angola, approximately -8.7770°, 13.3441°”.

References

Primary references

• Parrinha, D., Marques, M.P., Sousa, A.C.A., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2025. Buried in the Sands of Time: A New Species of Sepsina Bocage, 1866, from Angola (Squamata: Scincidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 90(3): 183–193. DOI: 10.2992/007.090.0302 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Luanda Burrowing Skink