Sepsina bayonii

Sepsina bayonii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Sepsina
Species:	S. bayonii
Binomial name
	Sepsina bayonii; Bocage, 1866
Synonyms
	Dumerilia bayonii ; Bocage, 1866; Scincodipus congicus ; W. Peters, 1875; Sepsina bayonii ; — Boulenger, 1887;

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]

Etymology

The specific name, bayonii, is in honor of Francisco Antonio Pinheiro Bayão, a Portuguese planter in Angola, who collected the holotype.^[4]

Geographic range

S. bayonii is found in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. bayonii is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).^[1]

Description

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

S. bayonii burrows in leaf litter and loose sandy soil.^[1]

Reproduction

S. bayonii is viviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^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).

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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[iucn-1] 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.

[Blgr1887-2] 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).

[RDB-3] Sepsina bayonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

[EDR-4] 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).

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