''Eumecia'' is a genus of
skink
Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...
s found in
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...
.
Classification
There are two species:
[
*'' Eumecia anchietae'' Bocage, 1870 - Anchieta's snake skink, western serpentiform skink, Lunda western snake skink
*'' Eumecia johnstoni'' (Boulenger, 1897)
]
References
Skinks of Africa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage
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