title: Sepsina copei
text: # Sepsina copei
  
  Sepsina copei, also known commonly as Cope's reduced-limb skink or the sepsina skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Angola.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, copei, is in honor of American herpetologist and paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of S. copei is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 600 m (2,000 ft).
  
  ## Description
  
  S. copei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in), and a tail length of 5 cm (2.0 in). The eye is small, and the lower eyelid is transparent. It has very short legs, with three toes on each foot. Dorsally, it is pale brown. Ventrally, it is whitish.
  
  ## Behavior
  
  S. copei is terrestrial and fossorial.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  S. copei is viviparous.
  
  