Scelotes

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Infraorder Scincomorpha Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles		Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Sauria Family Scincidae Rank Genus

Similar Sepsina, Melanoseps, Typhlosaurus, Acontias, Feylinia

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.

Species

The following 24 species are recognized.

Scelotes anguineus (Boulenger, 1887)

Scelotes arenicolus (W. Peters, 1854)

Scelotes bicolor (A. Smith, 1849)

Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930

Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Scelotes bourquini Broadley, 1994

Scelotes caffer (W. Peters, 1861)

Scelotes capensis (A. Smith, 1849)

Scelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990

Scelotes fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1994

Scelotes gronovii (Daudin, 1802)

Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887

Scelotes inornatus (A. Smith, 1849)

Scelotes insularis Broadley, 1990

Scelotes kasneri FitzSimons, 1939

Scelotes limpopoensis FitzSimons, 1930

Scelotes mirus (Roux, 1907)

Scelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003

Scelotes mossambicus (W. Peters, 1882)

Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895

Scelotes schebeni Sternfeld, 1910

Scelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824)

Scelotes uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

Scelotes vestigifer Broadley, 1994

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

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