Sepsina alberti

Sepsina alberti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Sepsina
Species:	S. alberti
Binomial name
	Sepsina alberti; Hewitt, 1929

Last updated March 21, 2021

Sepsina alberti, also known commonly as Albert's skink and Albert's burrowing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.^[2]

Etymology

Unfortunately, Hewitt did not explain to whom the specific name, alberti, refers. It may be in honor of Albert I of Belgium, or Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger, or an altogether different Albert.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. alberti are rocky areas and savanna, at altitudes of 500–1,300 m (1,600–4,300 ft).^[1]

Description

Adults of S. alberti usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4–5 centimetres (1.6–2.0 in). The maximum recorded SVL is 5.5 cm (2.2 in). The legs are short, but well developed, with four toes on each foot, and with a claw on each toe.^[4]

Reproduction

S. alberti is viviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 Conradie W, Becker F, Baptista N, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP (2020). "Sepsina alberti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T174135A120594155. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T174135A120594155.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2020.
1 2 Sepsina alberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sepsina alberti, p. 4).
↑ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Sepsina alberti, p. 145 + Plate 49).