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Scelotes anguineus (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink, Boulenger's Burrowing Skink 
SynonymHerpetoseps anguinus BOULENGER 1887: 416
Herpetosaura anguinea — TORNIER 1902: 704
Scelotes anguina — BRANCH & HAAGNER 1996
Scelotes anguineus — WHITING et al. 2003 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Algoa Basin in E Cape)  
Reproductionviviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH (presumed, status unclear fide P. Campbell, pers. comm., March 2019). 
Diagnosis 
CommentLimb morphology: This species lost its forelimb entirely and retains only two digits on the hind limb. 
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.
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Branch, W.R.; Haagner, G.V. 1996. Life History Notes - Scelotes anguina. African Herp News (25): 38-39 - 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
 
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