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Scelotes  Fitzinger, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181683

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyScincinae Oppel, 1811  
                                     GenusScelotes Fitzinger, 1826  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesScelotes anguineus (Boulenger, 1887) – Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink, Boulenger's Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes arenicolus (Peters, 1854) – Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes bidigittatus Fitzsimons, 1930 – Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1766) – Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink, Common Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes caffer (Peters, 1861) – Cape Dwarf Burrowing Skink, Peters' Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes capensis (Smith, 1849) – Cape Burrowing Skink, Western Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990  
                                        SpeciesScelotes farquharsoni Raw, 2020  
                                        SpeciesScelotes fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1994 – Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes gronovii (Daudin, 1802) – Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887 – Günther's Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849) – Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink, Legless Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes insularis Broadley, 1990  
                                        SpeciesScelotes kasneri Fitzsimons, 1939 – Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes limpopoensis Fitzsimons, 1930 – Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes mirus (Roux, 1907) – Montane Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting and Sadlier, 2003 – Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes mossambicus (Peters, 1882) – Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes poensis Bocage, 1895  
                                        SpeciesScelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824) – Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes uluguruensis Barbour and Loveridge, 1928 – Uluguru Fossorial Skink 
                                        SpeciesScelotes vestigifer Broadley, 1994 – Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Scelotes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.   
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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