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]

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

References

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  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