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Cophoscincopus
Sign in to saveCophoscincopus (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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Within Vinony's link graph, Cophoscincopus is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Scincidae, Animalia and Reptilia.
It is catalogued under topics including Cophoscincopus, Lizard genera and Taxa named by Robert Mertens.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
Cophoscincopus – rodzaj jaszczurki z podrodziny Eugongylinae w rodzinie scynkowatych (Scincidae).
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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.
==Species== There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus. Cophoscincopus durus Cophoscincopus greeri Cophoscincopus senegalensis Cophoscincopus simulans
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