Cophoscincopus

Cophoscincopus (common name: keeled water skinks) is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to West Africa.^[2][3] As suggested by the common name, species in the genus Cophoscincopus are semi-aquatic.^[4]

Cophoscincopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Cophoscincopus Mertens, 1934[1]

Species

There are four recognized species in the genus Cophoscincopus.^[2]

• Cophoscincopus durus (Cope, 1862)
• Cophoscincopus greeri Böhme, Schmitz & Ziegler, 2000
• Cophoscincopus senegalensis J.-F. Trape, Mediannikov & S. Trape, 2012
• Cophoscincopus simulans (Vaillant, 1884)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cophoscincopus.