Proscelotes

Proscelotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Proscelotes de Witte & Laurent, 1943^[1]

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

Species

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

Proscelotes aenea (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928) – Mozambique
Proscelotes arnoldi (Hewitt, 1932) – Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe
Proscelotes eggeli (Tornier, 1902) – Tanzania

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

References

↑ "Proscelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae/Scincinae.
1 2 "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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