Sepsina bayonii, also known commonly as Bayon's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Central Africa and Southern Africa.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Sepsina |
| Species: | S. bayonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Sepsina bayonii Bocage, 1866
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Etymology edit
The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, a Portuguese planter in Angola, who collected the holotype.[4]
Geographic range edit
S. bayonii is found in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of S. bayonii is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Description edit
S. bayonii has no front legs. Each back leg is very small, tapering, and ends in a claw. The largest specimen measured by Boulenger had a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.1 cm (2.8 in), a tail length of 4.4 cm (1.7 in), and a hind leg length of 0.4 cm (0.16 in).[2]
Behavior edit
S. bayonii burrows in leaf litter and loose sandy soil.[1]
Reproduction edit
S. bayonii is viviparous.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Ceríaco LMP, Baptista N, Conradie W (2020). "Sepsina bayoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44979324A44979332. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979324A44979332.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2020.
- ^ a b Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Sepsina bayonii, new combination, p. 422).
- ^ a b c Sepsina bayonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sepsina bayoni, p. 20).
Further reading edit
- Bocage JVB (1866). "Reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus recueillis dans les possessions portugaises de l'Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au Muséum de Lisbonne". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa 1: 57–78 + Plate I. (Dumerilia bayonii, new species, pp. 63–64). (in French).
- Peters W (1875). "Über zwei Gattungen von Eidechsen, Scincodipus und Sphenoscincus". Monatsberichte der Königliche Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 551–553 + Plate. (Scincodipus congicus, new species, pp. 551–552 + Plate, figures 1–5). (in German).
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