Sphenops
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Sphenops is a genus
of skink
s found in the Sahara region of Africa.
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
s found in the Sahara region of Africa.
Classification
The status of this genus is in doubt because its members might be better classified in another genus such as ChalcidesChalcides
Chalcides is a genus of skinks .It is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae which seems to be paraphyletic however. It belongs to a major clade of this group which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus however...
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Species of Sphenops
- Sphenops delislei, LaTaste, 1876, Delisle's Wedge-snouted Skink.
- Sphenops sepsoides, Wedge-snouted skink.
- Sphenops sphenopsiformis, A Dumeril, 1856.