Proscelotes eggeli (TORNIER, 1902)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Usambara Five-toed Skink
Synonym	Scelotes eggeli TORNIER 1902: 700 Scelotes eggeli — LOVERIDGE 1920: 159 Proscelotes eggeli — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14 Proscelotes eggeli — WHITING et al. 2003 Proscelotes eggeli — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 175
Distribution	Tanzania (Usambara Mountains) Type locality: Kwai, W Usambara Mountains, Tanzania, 1600 m elevation.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: ZMB 17711
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Hauptcharactere. Beide Gliedmaßenpaare vorhanden; 5-zehig. Keine Praefrontalia und Postfrontalia. Unteres Augenlid schuppig. 22 Schuppen quer um den Leib. Die Hintergliedmaßen, vorwärts gestreckt, reichen nicht bis zur Ohröffnung. Das fünfte Labiale stößt an's Auge. Die Schuppen der Rückenmittellinie nicht größer als die anderen Rückenschuppen” (from TORNIER 1902). Additional details (556 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Limb morphology: Reduced limbs. Type species: Scelotes eggeli TORNIER 1902 is the type species of the genus Proscelotes DE WITTE & LAURENT 1943.
Etymology	“Die Art ist zu Ehren des Afrikaforschers, Stabsarzt Dr. Franz Eggel (8 Feb 1867) benannt” (from TORNIER 1902). See link for details.
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Greer, Allen E. 1970. The systematics and evolution of the Subsaharan Africa, Seychelles, and Mauritius Scincine Scincid lizards. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 140 (1): 1-24 - get paper here Loveridge, A. 1920. Notes on East African lizards collected 1915-1919, with description of a new genus and species of skink and new subspecies of gecko. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1920: 131-167 - 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 Tornier,G. 1902. Herpetologisch Neues aus Ostafrika. Zool. Anz. 25: 700-704 - get paper here Whiting, A.S.; Aaron M. Bauer and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29 (3): 582-598 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.doa-pdb.de/index.php/Dr._Franz_Eggel Google images

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