Biology:Scelotes poensis
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Short description: Species of reptile
| Scelotes poensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scelotes |
| Species: | S. poensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895
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Another skink belonging to the Scelotes genus[1]
Scelotes poensis is a species of small skink endemic to the coastal forests[2] of Bioko,[3][4] such as the regions around Malabo.[5] The species has potentially also been sighted in the coastal forests of Cameroon.[6] The species is also known as the Fernando Po Burrowing Skink,[7] after the historic name for Bioko.
No physical examples nor images of the species exist.[8] Furthermore, despite this name, it is debated whether the animal is terrestrial[2] or fossorial. It is, however, know that the average adult of the species weighs 9.77g[2] and that the species lacks both forelimbs and hindlimbs.[5][8]
References
- ↑ Proches, Serban, Scelotes mossambicus, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scelotes_mossambicus.jpg, retrieved 2022-09-30
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Scelotes poensis Bocage 1895 - Encyclopedia of Life". https://eol.org/pages/790691.
- ↑ "Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895 | COL". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4V5FK.
- ↑ Scelotes poensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Scelotes poensis". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scelotes&species=poensis.
- ↑ "Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2461545/metrics.
- ↑ "Fernando Po Burrowing Skink (Scelotes poensis)" (in en). https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/37681-Scelotes-poensis.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Scelotes poensis". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Scelotes&species=poensis.
Wikidata ☰ Q6809692 entry
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