Scelotes

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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[1]

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.[2]

Species[edit]

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[3]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Scelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Genus Scelotes at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
  4. ^ Raw LRG (2022). "Historical and current misuse of gender agreement in the names of South African lizard species". ZooNova 18: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6497956
  5. ^ Raw LRG (2020). "A New Species of Scelotes". ZooNova. 1 (4): 40–48. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3685541. (Scelotes farquharsoni, new species).

Further reading[edit]

  • 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).