Biology:Scelotes arenicola
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Short description: Species of reptile
Scelotes arenicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scelotes |
Species: | S. arenicola
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Binomial name | |
Scelotes arenicola (Peters, 1854)
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Scelotes arenicola, the Zululand dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is found in South Africa , Mozambique, and Eswatini.[2] Note: the correct species name is arenicola, a noun in apposition, meaning a sand dweller, and does not change according to the gender of the genus name [3]
References
- ↑ Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Farooq, H. 2020. Scelotes arenicolus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44979015A147704980. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979015A147704980.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2020.
- ↑ Scelotes arenicola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ↑ Bauer AM. 2016. On the taxonomic status of two enigmatic southern African fossorial skinks, Scelotes bicolor and S. schebeni. African Journal of Herpetology. 65: 33-38. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2016.1138149
Wikidata ☰ Q5121651 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scelotes arenicola.
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