| Scelotes | |
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| 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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "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).