Cophoscincopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
Genus: | Cophoscincopus Mertens, 1934[1] |
Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa.[2][3] As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.[4]
There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus.[2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cophoscincopus.