Scelotes uluguruensis BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Uluguru fossorial skink
Synonym	Scelotes uluguruensis BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1928 Scelotes uluguruensis — GREER 1970 Scelotes uluguruensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14 Scelotes uluguruensis — SPAWLS et al. 2001 Scelotes uluguruensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 176
Distribution	Tanzania (Uluguru Mountains) Type locality: Bagilo, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 24204
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: pentadactyl fore- and hindlimbs (Danny Meirte, pers. comm., 12 Apr 2013).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Barbour, T. & LOVERIDGE.A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85-265 - get paper here Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Broadley, Donald G. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Scelotes uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928. Uluguru Fossorial Skink. African Herp News (29): 43-44 - get paper here Lyakurwa, J.V., Howell, K.M., Munishi, L.K., Treydte, A.C. 2019. Uzungwa Scarp Nature Forest Reserve; a unique hotspot for reptiles in Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica 14 (1): 3-14 - get paper here Lyakurwa, John Valentine 2017. The Reptiles of the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (USFR): An Updated Checklist with Notes on Dagger-Tooth Vine Snake Xyelodontophis uluguruensis. Journal of East African Natural History 106(2):57-65. - get paper here Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
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