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    Species Accepted

    Scelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849)

    Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Scelotes
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink English
      Legless Burrowing Skink English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Armstrong, A. J., & Jordaan, P. R. (2023). A targeted survey for the Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink Scelotes inornatus (Smith 1849) at Bluff Nature Reserve and Treasure Beach in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with notes on sympatric herpetofauna. African Journal of Herpetology, 1-12.
      Smith, A. (1849). Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). Smith, Elder, and Co., London [Facsimile Published by Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1977].
      Günther, A. (1873). Notes on and descriptions of some lizards with rudimentary limbs, in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 12: 145-148.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1887). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 Pp.
      Hewitt, J. (1921). On some lizards and arachnids of Natal. Ann. Durban Museum 3: 3-11.
      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.
      Bauer, Aaron M. (2016). On the taxonomic status of two enigmatic southern African fossorial skinks, Scelotes bicolor and S. schebeni. African Journal of Herpetology 65 (1): 33-38 | DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2016.1138149.
      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.
      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.
      Witte, de, G. F., & LAURENT, R. (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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