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Scelotes
Scelotes mossambicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

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).