Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Scelotes, pp. 139-140).
Species The following 21 species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org Scelotes anguinus (Boulenger, 1887) – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Boulenger's burrowing skink,Raw LRG (2022). "Historical and current misuse of gender agreement in the names of South African lizard species". ZooNova 18: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6497956 Scelotes arenicola (W. Peters, 1854) – Zululand dwarf burrowing skink Scelotes bidigittatus V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 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 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 (Roux, 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 Bocage, 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
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scelotes.
References
Further reading Fitzinger L (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des k.k. zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. 5 unnumbered pp. + 67 pp. + one plate. (Scelotes, new genus, pp. 23, 53). (in German and Latin).