Scelotes capensis

{{short description|Species of reptile}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bauer, A.M. |author2=Conradie, W. |author3=Marais, J. |author4=Becker, F. |date=2020 |title=Scelotes capensis |volume=2020 |page=e.T44979080A147705112 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979080A147705112.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Scelotes

| species = capensis

| authority = (Smith, 1849)

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Scelotes capensis, the western dwarf burrowing skink or cape burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is found in South Africa and Namibia.{{NRDB species|genus=Scelotes |species=capensis |accessdate=20 October 2020}}