Scelotes

Scelotes
Scelotes mossambicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Scelotes[1]
Fitzinger, 1826[2]

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.[3]

Species

The following 24 species are recognized.[1]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  2. 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).

Further reading