Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Scincidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Genus Scelotes | |
Similar Scelotes, Acontias, Platysaurus, Broadley's flat lizard, Cape dwarf gecko | ||
The Limpopo burrowing skink (Scelotes limpopoensis) is a lizard species found in the Limpopo River valley in South Africa.
This species lost the forelimbs entirely and the hind limbs are reduced to only two digits.
Taxonomy
There are two sub-species:
Although both sub-species occupy a similar habitat the range of S. l. albiventris is smaller than S. l. limpopoensis and they have not been discovered in sympatry, and may probably be a full species.
References
Scelotes limpopoensis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA