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Proscelotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Sauria/Lacertilia
Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
Family:
Scincidae
Subfamily:
Scincinae
Genus:
Proscelotes

Proscelotes is a genus of skinks. The genus is endemic to Africa.[2]

Species

The genus Proscelotes contains the following three species.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ "Proscelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/Scincinae.
  2. ^ a b "Proscelotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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. (Genus Proscelotes, p. 139).
  • de Witte G-F, Laurent RF. 1943. "Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. (Proscelotes, new genus). (in French).


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