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.
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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Sepsina alberti, p. 4).
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of S. alberti are rocky areas and savanna, at altitudes of .
Description Adults of S. alberti usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The maximum recorded SVL is . The legs are short, but well developed, with four toes on each foot, and with a claw on each toe.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. . (Sepsina alberti, p. 145 + Plate 49).
Reproduction S. alberti is viviparous.
References
Further reading Hewitt H (1929). "On some Scincidae from South Africa, Madagascar and Ceylon". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13 (1): 1–8. (Sepsina alberti, p. 4).