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 | |
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
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Scelotes gronovii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ↑ 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).
Further reading
- 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. (Scelotes gronovii, p. 142 + Plate 47).
- Daudin FM. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusiers sociétés savantes. Tome quatrième. Paris: F. Dufart. 397 pp. (Seps gronovii, pp. 354–358). (in French and Latin).
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