Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink

Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Scelotes
Species: S. gronovii
Binomial name
Scelotes gronovii
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms
  • Seps gronovii Daudin, 1802
  • Scelotes gronovii
    Brygoo, 1985[1]

Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes gronovii ) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. S. grovonii is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, gronovii, and the common name are in honor of Dutch naturalist Laurens Theodorus Gronovius.[3]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Scelotes gronovii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scelotes gronovii, p. 109).

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