Proscelotes
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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Proscelotes is a genus of skinks. The genus is endemic to Africa."Proscelotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Species
The genus Proscelotes contains the following three species.
- Proscelotes aenea {{small|(Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)}} – montane skink
- Proscelotes arnoldi {{small|(Hewitt, 1932)}} – Arnold's montane skink
- Proscelotes eggeli {{small|(Tornier, 1902)}} – Usambara five-toed skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proscelotes.
References
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Further reading
- 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}}. (Genus Proscelotes, p. 139).
- de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1943). "Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. (Proscelotes, new genus). (in French).
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Category:Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
Category:Taxa named by Gaston-François de Witte
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