title: Sepsina
text: # Sepsina
  
  Sepsina is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). The genus is endemic to southern Africa.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  This genus is presently placed in the subfamily Scincinae, a subfamily which seems to be paraphyletic however. Sepsina belongs to a major clade of this group which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus. Thus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following five species are recognized:
  
  * Sepsina alberti Hewitt, 1929 – Albert's skink, Albert's burrowing skink
  * Sepsina angolensis Bocage, 1866 – Angola skink
  * Sepsina bayonii (Bocage, 1866) – Bayon's skink
  * Sepsina copei Bocage, 1873 – sepsina skink, Cope's reduced-limb skink
  * Sepsina tetradactyla W. Peters, 1874 – four-fingered skink
  