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keeled water skinks
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keeled water skinks

Cophoscincopus

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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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Mimic Earless Skink

speciesCophoscincopus simulans

Keeled Water Skink

speciesCophoscincopus durus

Greer's Earless Skink

speciesCophoscincopus greeri

Senegal Earless Skink

speciesCophoscincopus senegalensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37184.