Biology:Scelotes duttoni
| Scelotes duttoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scelotes |
| Species: | S. duttoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Scelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990
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Scelotes duttoni is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, duttoni, is in honor of South Africa n ecologist Paul Dutton.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. duttoni is the supralittoral zone and dunes, at altitudes of 1–25 m (3.3–82.0 ft).[1]
Description
S. duttoni has no front legs, only vestigial buds. Each back leg has only two digits, the inner digit much longer than the outer.[2] Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in).[4] The tail length is slightly shorter than (SVL). Dorsally, S. duttoni is blackish, with a pale dorsolateral line on each side.[2]
Reproduction
S. duttoni is ovoviviparous.[2] Litter size is two or three young. Each newborn measures 4.5–5.0 cm (1.8–2.0 in) in total length (including tail).[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Scelotes duttoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scelotes duttoni, p. 78).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. (Scelotes duttoni, p. 144).
Further reading
- Broadley DG (1990). "The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of South Moçambique". Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 9 (35): 469–493. (Scelotes duttoni, new species).
- Broadley DG (1994). "The genus Scelotes Fitzinger (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Mozambique, Swaziland and Natal, South Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 237–259.
Wikidata ☰ Q5121751 entry
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