Scelotes
| Scelotes | |
|---|---|
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| Scelotes mossambicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Scelotes[1] Fitzinger, 1826[2] |
Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.[3]
Species
The following 24 species are recognized.[1]
- Scelotes anguineus (Boulenger, 1887)
- Scelotes arenicolus (W. Peters, 1854)
- Scelotes bicolor (A. Smith, 1849)
- 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 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 schebeni Sternfeld, 1910
- 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
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ 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).
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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