Scolecoseps
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| name = Scolecoseps
| taxon = Scolecoseps
| authority = Loveridge, 1920"Scolecoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/scincinae.
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Scolecoseps is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to East Africa.
Species
Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.{{EMBL genus|genus=Scolecoseps}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Scolecoseps acontias {{small|(F. Werner, 1913)}} – sandy limbless skink
- Scolecoseps boulengeri {{small|Loveridge, 1920}} – Boulenger's limbless skink
- Scolecoseps broadleyi {{small|L. Verburgt, U. Verburgt & Branch, 2018}}
- Scolecoseps litipoensis {{small|Broadley, 1995}} – Litipo sand skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scolecoseps.
Gallery
File:Boulenger's Limbless Skink imported from iNaturalist photo 202167565.jpg|Boulenger's Limbless Skink (Scolecoseps boulengeri)
References
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Further reading
- Loveridge A (1920). "Notes on East African Lizards collected in 1915–1919, with Description of a new Genus and Species of Skink and new Subspecies of Gecko". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1920: 131–167. (Scolecoseps, new genus, p. 159).
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Category:Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
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