''Scelotes'' is a

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Species

The following 21

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are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org *'' Scelotes anguinus'' ( Boulenger, 1887) – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Boulenger's burrowing skink, *'' Scelotes arenicola'' ( W. Peters, 1854) – Zululand dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes bidigittatus ''Scelotes bidigittatus'', the Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is found in South Africa and Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji ...

'' V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes bipes'' (

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, 1766) – silvery dwarf burrowing skink, common burrowing skink *'' Scelotes caffer'' (W. Peters, 1861) – Cape dwarf burrowing skink, Peters's burrowing skink *'' Scelotes capensis'' ( A. Smith, 1849) – western dwarf burrowing skink, cape burrowing skink *'' Scelotes duttoni'' Broadley, 1990 *'' Scelotes farquharsoni''

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, 2020 (''Scelotes farquharsoni'', new species). *'' Scelotes fitzsimonsi'' Broadley, 1994 – Fitzsimons's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes gronovii'' ( Daudin, 1802) – Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes guentheri'' Boulenger, 1887 – Günther's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes inornatus'' (A. Smith, 1849) – Durban dwarf burrowing skink, legless burrowing skink *'' Scelotes insularis'' Broadley, 1990 *'' Scelotes kasneri'' V. FitzSimons, 1939 – Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes limpopoensis The Limpopo burrowing skink (''Scelotes limpopoensis'') is a lizard species found in the Limpopo River The Limpopo River rises in South Africa and flows generally eastward through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The term Limpopo is derived ...

'' V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Limpopo burrowing skink *'' Scelotes mirus'' (

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, 1907) – montane dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes montispectus ''Scelotes montispectus'', the Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bound ...

'' Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003 – Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes mossambicus'' (W. Peters, 1882) – Mozambique dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes poensis''

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, 1895 – Fernando Po burrowing skink *'' Scelotes sexlineatus'' ( Harlan, 1824) – striped dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes uluguruensis'' Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 – Uluguru fossorial skink *'' Scelotes vestigifer'' Broadley, 1994 – coastal dwarf burrowing skink ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Scelotes''.

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