Scelotes

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Scelotes
Scelotes mossambicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Scelotes
Fitzinger, 1826[2]

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.[3]

Species

The following 22 species are recognized as being valid.[4]

  • Scelotes anguineus (Boulenger, 1887)
  • Scelotes arenicolus (W. Peters, 1854)
  • Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930
  • Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Scelotes bourquini Broadley, 1994
  • Scelotes caffer (W. Peters, 1861)
  • Scelotes capensis (A. Smith, 1849)
  • Scelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990
  • Scelotes farquharsoni Raw, 2020
  • Scelotes fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1994
  • Scelotes gronovii (Daudin, 1802)
  • Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887
  • Scelotes inornatus (A. Smith, 1849)
  • Scelotes insularis Broadley, 1990
  • Scelotes kasneri FitzSimons, 1939
  • Scelotes limpopoensis FitzSimons, 1930
  • Scelotes mirus (Roux, 1907)
  • Scelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003
  • Scelotes mossambicus (W. Peters, 1882)
  • Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895
  • Scelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824)
  • Scelotes uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Scelotes vestigifer Broadley, 1994

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scelotes.

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References
  1. Raw, LRG (24 February 2020). "A New Species of Scelotes (Sauria: Scincidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". ZooNova. 1 (4): 40–48. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3685541.
  2. "Scelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  3. 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Scelotes, pp. 139-140).
  4. "Scelotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org

Further reading
  • Fitzinger L (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des k.k. zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. 5 unnumbered pp. + 67 pp. + one plate. (Scelotes, new genus, pp. 23, 53). (in German and Latin).


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