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Taxonomy of the genus Cophoscincopus Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Cophoscincopus (West African Keeled Water Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Cophoscincopus in general

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.

Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.

Mertens, R. 1933. Die Scincidengattung Cophoscincus Vaillant. Zoologischer Anzeiger 102: 188-190.

Vaillant, L. 1885. Catalogue raisonne des reptiles et batraciens d'Assinie, donnes par M. Chaper au Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 343-354.

Vaillant, L. 1885. Note sur une collection de reptiles rapportee d'Assinie par M. Chaper. Bulletin Soc. Philomath. Paris (Ser. 7) 7(8): 168-171.

Welch, K.R.G. 1982. Herpetology of the Old World. 2. Preliminary comments on the classification of skinks (family Scincidae) with specific reference to those genera found in Africa, Europe and southwest Asia. Herptile 7(4): 25-27.

Cophoscincopus durus

Cope, E.D. 1862. On Lacerta echinata and Tiliqua dura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 189-191.

Grandison, A.G.C. 1956. On a collection of lizards from West Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Serie A Sciences Naturelles 18: 224-245.

Mudrack, W. 1977. Wenn's kühl und feucht wird, taut er auf. Cophoscincopus durus, ein kleiner Wasserskink. Aquarien Magazin 11(7): 282-283.

Mudrack, W. 1985. Ein Beitrag zur Haltung und Zucht des Wasserskinkes Cophoscincopus durus (Cope 1862). Sauria (Berlin) 7(1): 29-30.

Müller, L. 1910. Über Lygosoma durum (Cope). Zoologischer Anzeiger 35: 266-269.

Cophoscincopus greeri

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.

Cophoscincopus senegalensis

Trape, J.F.; Trape, S.; Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Éditions, Marseille. 503 pp.

Cophoscincopus simulans

Vaillant, L. 1885. Note sur une collection de reptiles rapportee d'Assinie par M. Chaper. Bulletin Soc. Philomath. Paris (Ser. 7) 7(8): 168-171.