Scelotes

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.

Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.

• Scelotes anguinus <small>(Boulenger, 1887)</small> – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Boulenger's burrowing skink,
• Scelotes arenicola <small>(W. Peters, 1854)</small> – Zululand dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes bidigittatus <small>V. FitzSimons, 1930</small> – Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes bipes <small>(Linnaeus, 1766)</small> – silvery dwarf burrowing skink, common burrowing skink
• Scelotes caffer <small>(W. Peters, 1861)</small> – Cape dwarf burrowing skink, Peters's burrowing skink
• Scelotes capensis <small>(A. Smith, 1849)</small> – western dwarf burrowing skink, cape burrowing skink
• Scelotes duttoni <small>Broadley, 1990</small>
• Scelotes farquharsoni <small>, 2020</small>
• Scelotes fitzsimonsi <small>Broadley, 1994</small> – Fitzsimons's dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes gronovii <small>(Daudin, 1802)</small> – Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes guentheri <small>Boulenger, 1887</small> – Günther's dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes inornatus <small>(A. Smith, 1849)</small> – Durban dwarf burrowing skink, legless burrowing skink
• Scelotes insularis <small>Broadley, 1990</small>
• Scelotes kasneri <small>V. FitzSimons, 1939</small> – Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes limpopoensis <small>V. FitzSimons, 1930</small> – Limpopo burrowing skink
• Scelotes mirus <small>(Roux, 1907)</small> – montane dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes montispectus <small>, & , 2003</small> – Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes mossambicus <small>(W. Peters, 1882)</small> – Mozambique dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes poensis <small>Bocage, 1895</small> – Fernando Po burrowing skink
• Scelotes sexlineatus <small>(Harlan, 1824)</small> – striped dwarf burrowing skink
• Scelotes uluguruensis <small>Barbour & Loveridge, 1928</small> – Uluguru fossorial skink
• Scelotes vestigifer <small>Broadley, 1994</small> – coastal dwarf burrowing skink

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

References

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.&nbsp;23, 53). (in German and Latin).