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Cophoscincopus

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Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa. As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Cophoscincopus is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Scincidae, Animalia and Reptilia.

It is catalogued under topics including Cophoscincopus, Lizard genera and Taxa named by Robert Mertens.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyScincidae
Observations recorded633

Cophoscincopus – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Eugongylinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Scincidae
Collections
LSUMZ, AMNH
Recorded in
Liberia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lygosominae
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Cophoscincopus
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Category:Cophoscincopus
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Cophoscincopus
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Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa. As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.

==Species== There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus. Cophoscincopus durus Cophoscincopus greeri Cophoscincopus senegalensis Cophoscincopus simulans

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