Scelotes mossambicus (PETERS, 1882)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Synonym	Herpetosaura inornata var. mossambica PETERS 1882: 81 Herpetosaura arenicola BOCAGE 1882: 287 (not PETERS) Scelotes arenicola BOCAGE 1896: 88 (not PETERS) Scelotes guentheri OHDNER 1908 (part., not BOULENGER) Scelotes mossambicus (PETERS 1882) Scelotes brevipes HEWITT 1925: 348 Herpetosaura brevipes — WITTE & LAURENT 1943 Herpetosaura inornata — WITTE & LAURENT 1943 (part.) Scelotes brevipes — ELZEN & RAYNAUD 1977 Scelotes inornatus mossambicus — BRUTON & HAACKE 1980 Scelotes inornatus inornatus VISSER 1984: 75 (not A. SMITH; fide BROADLEY) Scelotes brevipes — JACOBSEN 1987 Scelotes brevipes — BOYCOTT 1992 Scelotes mossambicus — BRAODLEY 1994 Scelotes mossambicus — BATES et al. 2014: 279
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (SE Transvaal, Zululand), S Mozambique, Swaziland Type locality: “Manixe (Manische) [=Maxixe] bei Inhambane” [Mozambique].
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 4624
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Broadley 1994: 247 Additional details (221 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Limb morphology: This species lost its forelimb entirely and retains only one digit on the hind limbs (Branch 1998: 141).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. Bocage, J.V.B. de 1882. Noticia ácerca de alguns reptis d’Angoche que existem no Museu Nacional de Lisboa. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 8: 256-290 Bocage, J.V.B. de 1896. Reptis de algumas possessoes portuguezas d’Africa que existem no Museu de Lisboa. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes (ser. 2) 4: 65-104 Boycott, R.C. 1992. An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland - get paper here Broadley, D. G. 1994. The genus Scelotes Fitzinger (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Mozambique, Swaziland and Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 237-259. Bruton & HAACKE 1980. Studies on the Ecology of Maputoland. 254 pp. Elzen, P. Van Den; Raynaud, A. 1977. Untersuchungen zur Ökologie südafrikanischer Scinciden der Gattung Scelotes. Erste Ergebnisse. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 28: 384-393 - get paper here Hewitt, J. 1925. On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. (Grahamstown) 3: 343-370 Jacobsen,N.H.G. 1987. A new subspecies of Scelotes limpopoensis FITZSIMONS 1930 (Sauria: Scincidae), with notes on the distribution of the genus Scelotes in the Transvaal. Annals Transvaal Mus. 34: 371-376 - get paper here Odhner, T. 1908. Reptilien und Batrachier, gesammelt von Dr. I. Trägardh in Natal und Zululand, 1904-1905. Arkiv för Zoologi 4 (18): 1-7 - get paper here Peters,W. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät es Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefeführt von Wilhelm C. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Berlin (Reimer), 191pp. Witte, G.F. & R. LAURENT 1943. Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger. Mém. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. (sér.2) 26: 44 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.sntc.org.sz/biodiversity/sdreptiles.asp Google images

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