Cophoscincopus greeri

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 greeri

Name

Cophoscincopus greeri Böhme, Schmitz & Ziegler, 2000: 782

• Holotype: ZFMK 57599, ♂, collected by Wolfgang Böhme.
• Type locality: “Mt. Nimba, 1800 m a.s.L, SE-Guinea”.

References

Primary references

• 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 greeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 March 2020.
• Penner, J., Branch, W.R., Rödel , M.-O., Trape, J. & Chirio, L. 2013. IUCN: Cophoscincopus greeri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152672A13152675. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152672A13152675.en. Accessed on 30 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Greer's Water Skink