Scelotes bidigittatus FITZSIMONS, 1930

Find more photos by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Synonym	Scelotes bidigittatus FITZSIMONS 1930: 34 Herpetosaura bidigittata — WITTE & LAURENT 1943: 27 Scelotes bidigittata — GREER 1970 Scelotes bidigittatus — BROADLEY 1994 Scelotes bidigittatus — BATES et al. 2014: 270 Scelotes bidigittatus — STANDER 2023: 211
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (NE Transvaal lowveld, between Soutpansberg and Olifants River), S Mozambique ?, Natal (south to Maputaland) Type locality: Farm Madrid on Brak River, E. Transvaal
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) (= TMSA) 12921
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Broadley 1994: 245 Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1684 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Limb morphology: Belongs to the didactyle S. bidigittatus group. This species lost its forelimb entirely and retains only two digits on the hind limb.
Etymology	Named after Latin bi = two, and Latin digitus = finger, toe, for the small and rudimentary hind limbs that have only two minute clawed digits.
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. Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. Branch,W.R. 1988. Field Guide to the snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, 328 pp. 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. FitzSimons, V. F. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with distribution records of allied species in the Transvaal Museum collection. Annals Transvaal Mus. 14: 20-48. - get paper here FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp. 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 JORDAAN, PHILIPPUS RUDOLPH & JOHAN C.A. STEYL. 2023. Observed sexual dimorphism in the epidermal gland structure and arrangement for the Fossorial Skink Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930 herpetology notes Herpetology Notes 16: 689–691. - get paper here Pienaar, Uys de Villiers 1978. The Reptile Fauna of the Kruger National Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board of South Africa, i-vii, 222 S. Stander, R.I. 2023. The Reptiles of the Limpopo Province and Kruger National Park. Herp Nomad, Polokwane, South Africa, 367 pp. - get paper here Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Witte, G.F. de & 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. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.zandvleitrust.org.za/art-ZIMP%20biotic%20-%20reptiles.html Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Scelotes&species=bidigittatus

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator