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Scelotes poensis BOCAGE, 1895

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymScelotes poensis BARBOZA DU BOCAGE 1895: 12
Melanoseps poensis — BRYGOO & ROUX-ESTEVE 1982
Melanoseps poensis — SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022 
DistributionEquatorial Guinea (Bioko = Fernando Po)

Type locality: base of Pic de Santa Isabel, Fernando Po  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, was MB (Museu Bocage) (probably lost in fire 1978) 
DiagnosisOriginal description: “Dois exemplares de Bissé, nas faldas do Pico de Santa Isabel. Não foi para nós pequena surpresa encontrarmos entre os reptis colligidos pelo sr. Newton em Fernão do Pó representantes de um género, largamente representado na Africa austral, em Madagáscar e até nas ilhas Mascarenhas, mas que parecia extranho á fauna da Africa Occidental. Na diagnose d'esta espécie, que publicamos em outro legar, se encontrarão, esperamos nós, as provas de que é bem distincta das já conhecidas.” (Bocage 1895: 12) 
CommentScelotes poensis is missing both forelimbs AND hindlimbs (Danny Meirte, pers. comm., 12 Apr 2013).

Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017).

Distribution: For a map with localities in Equatorial Guinea see SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS et al. 2022. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Bocage, J.V.B. du 1895. Reptiles et batracines nouveaux ou peu connu de Fernâo do Po. J. Sci. math.-phys. nat., Lisboa, (2) 13: 16-20
  • Bocage, J.V.B. du 1895. Subsidios para a fauna da ilha de Fernâo do Po. J. Sci. math.-phys. nat., Lisboa, (2) 13: 12
  • Brygoo E R; Roux-Esteve R 1982. Un genre de lezards scincines d'Afrique: Melanoseps. Bulletin du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle SECTION A ZOOLOGIE BIOLOGIE ET ECOLOGIE ANIMALES 3 (4) 1981: 1169-1191
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • SÁNCHEZ-VIALAS, A., CALVO-REVUELTA, M. & DE LA RIVA, I. 2022. Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea. Zootaxa 5202 (1): 1-197 - get paper here
  • 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.
 
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