Proscelotes aenea

{{short description|Species of reptile}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Verburgt, L. |author2=Conradie, W. |author3=Alexander, G.J. |author4=Farooq, H. |author5=Tolley, K.A. |author6=Raimundo, A. |author7=Sardinha, C.I.V. |year=2019 |title=Proscelotes aenea |volume=2019 |page=e.T44978942A44978950 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44978942A44978950.en |access-date=29 October 2021}}

| genus = Proscelotes

| species = aenea

| authority = (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928)

| synonyms = Scelotes aeneus Barbour & Loveridge, 1928

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| range_map = {{Location map | Mozambique

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| alt = Lumbo in Mozambique

| lat_deg = -15.011

| lon_deg = 40.666

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| range_map_caption = Proscelotes aenea is only known from near Lumbo, Mozambique

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Proscelotes aenea, also known as the montane skink, is a species of lizard. It is endemic to Mozambique.{{NRDB species|genus=Proscelotes |species=aenea|access-date=29 October 2021}} Unrecorded for over a century, it was rediscovered near Lumbo in 2021 after scientists determined its type locality.{{cite web |last1=Farooq |first1=Harith Omar Morgadinho |last2=Perrigo |first2=Allison |name-list-style=amp |date=27 October 2021 |title=One sentence in a book leads researchers to a species not seen in over 100 years |work=The Conversation |publisher= |url=https://theconversation.com/one-sentence-in-a-book-leads-researchers-to-a-species-not-seen-in-over-100-years-170560 |access-date=29 October 2021}}{{Cite journal |last1=Puruleia |first1=Ali |last2=Nanvonamuquitxo |first2=Cristóvão |last3=Ernesto |first3=Milagre |last4=Jamal |first4=Abdurabe |last5=Amade |first5=Iassine |last6=Monia |first6=Wilson |last7=Massingue |first7=Yasalde |last8=Verburgt |first8=Luke |last9=Faurby |first9=Søren |last10=Antonelli |first10=Alexandre |last11=Perrigo |first11=Allison |last12=Farooq |first12=Harith |date=2023-07-12 |title=Rediscovery of the lost skink Proscelotes aenea and implications for conservation |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38286-4 |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=11261 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-38286-4 |pmid=37438413 |issn=2045-2322|pmc=10338472 |bibcode=2023NatSR..1311261P }}