Cophoscincopus durus

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 durus

Name

Cophoscincopus durus (Cope, 1862)

• Holotype: USNM 5996.
• Type locality: “Western Africa”.

Combinations

• Tiliqua dura Cope, 1862: 190 [original combination]
• Lygosoma durum — Boulenger, 1887: 304 [subsequent combination]
• Cophoscincopus durus — Mertens, 1933: 188 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. On Lacerta echinata and Tiliqua dura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 189–191. BHL Reference page. 

Additional 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 durus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2018.
• Penner, J., Branch, W.R., Rödel , M.-O. & Trape, J. 2013. IUCN: Cophoscincopus durus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13152657A13152666. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13152657A13152666.en. Accessed on 30 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Keeled Water Skink