''Scelotes'' is a

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of small

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skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

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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'' 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'' Raw, 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 ''Scelotes'' is a genus of small African skinks. Species The following 21 species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org *''Scelotes anguinus'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1887) – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Bouleng ...

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

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, 1907) – montane dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes montispectus'' 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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'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Scelotes''.

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