Biology:Scelotes arenicola

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Short description: Species of reptile

Scelotes arenicola
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scelotes
Species:
S. arenicola
Binomial name
Scelotes arenicola
(Peters, 1854)

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

  1. 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.
  2. Scelotes arenicola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. 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

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