''Scolecoseps'' is a
genus of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
s, lizards in the
family Scincidae. The genus is
endemic to
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
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Species
Genus ''Scolecoseps'' contains four
species.
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Scolecoseps acontias
''Scolecoseps acontias'', also known commonly as the sandy limbless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.
Geographic range
''S. acontias'' is found in eastern coastal Tanzania.
Habitat
The ...
'' – sandy limbless skink
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Scolecoseps boulengeri
''Scolecoseps boulengeri'', also known commonly as Boulenger's limbless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mozambique.
Etymology
The specific name, ''boulengeri'', is in honor of Belgian-born Bri ...
'' – Boulenger's limbless skink
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Scolecoseps broadleyi
''Scolecoseps broadleyi'' is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Mozambique.
Etymology
The specific name, ''broadleyi'', is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.
Geographic range
''S. br ...
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Scolecoseps litipoensis
''Scolecoseps litipoensis'', also known commonly as the Litipo sand skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.
Geographic range
''S. litipoensis'' is found in the Litipo Forest Reserve in sout ...
'' – Litipo sand skink
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Nota bene'': A
binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
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
Further reading
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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).
Scolecoseps
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
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