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Burrowing Skinks
Scelotes
Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 22 known species
Common Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes bipes
Montane Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes mirus
Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes mossambicus
Algoa Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes anguinus
Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes gronovii
Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes bidigittatus
Limpopo Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes limpopoensis
Peters' Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes caffer
Smith's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes inornatus
Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes kasneri
Günther's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes guentheri
Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes fitzsimonsi
Striped Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes sexlineatus
Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes vestigifer
Zululand Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes arenicola
Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes montispectus
Western Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes capensis
Qudeni Dwarf Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes farquharsoni
Bazaruto Island Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes insularis
Dutton's Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes duttoni
Uluguru fossorial skink
speciesScelotes uluguruensis
Fernando Po Burrowing Skink
speciesScelotes poensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37675.