Scelotes kasneri FITZSIMONS, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Synonym	Scelotes kasneri FITZSIMONS 1939: 13 Scelotes kasneri — WHITING et al. 2003 Scelotes kasneri — BATES et al. 2014: 276
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (W Cape coast, from Lambert's Bay to Vredenburg)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM)
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: This species lost its forelimb entirely and retains only two digits on the hind limb.
Etymology	Named after J. H. Kasner, who collected it at Lambert’s Bay in 1917. This is likely to be James (Jim) Henry Kasner, b. 2 Aug 1893, eldest son of Ferdinand Emil Pieter Kasner (b. 1870, d, 25/5/1936) and his wife Clara Johanna Wilhelmina Veer Kasner (d. 3 12/1920). Ferdinand Kasner was the first caretaker of Guano Island at Lambert’s Bay, appointed 1910, and he and his wife both died at Lambert’s Bay. James Henry Kasner would have been 24 at the time of collecting the type. (Glenn Shea, pers. comm., 2 Feb 2024)
References	Anonymous 1958. A List of Zoological and Botanical Types preserved in collections in Southern and East Africa. Volume I - Zoology, Part 1. South African Museums' Association, Pretoria, i-vi, 1-147. - get paper here 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., Whiting, A.S., and Sadlier, R.A. 2003. A new species of Scelotes, from near Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54:231-237. - get paper here Fitzsimons, V.F.M. 1950. Notes on a Collection of Reptiles and Amphibians from the West Coast of Southern Africa. . Annals Transvaal Mus., 21 (3): 253-259 - get paper here Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16 Heideman, Neil J.L.; Daniel G. Mulcahy, Jack W. Sites, Martin G.J. Hendricks, Savel R. Daniels 2011. Cryptic diversity and morphological convergence in threatened species of fossorial skinks in the genus Scelotes (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Western Cape Coast of South Africa: Implications for species boundaries, digit reduction and conservation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61 (3): 823-833 - 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 http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/scincidae/Scelotes… Google images

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