Scelotes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Scelotes
Species: S. anguineus - S. arenicolus - S. bicolor - S. bidigittatus - S. bipes - S. bourquini - S. caffer - S. capensis - S. duttoni - S. fitzsimonsi - S. gronovii - S. guentheri - S. inornatus - S. insularis - S. kasneri - S. limpopoensis - S. mirus - S. montispectus - S. mossambicus - S. poensis - S. schebeni - S. sexlineatus - S. uluguruensis - S. vestigifer
Name

Scelotes Fitzinger, 1826
Vernacular names

Scelotes is a genus of small African skinks.[3]
Species

The following 21 species are recognized as being valid.[4]

Scelotes anguineus (Boulenger, 1887) – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Boulenger's burrowing skink,
Scelotes arenicolus (W. Peters, 1854) – Zululand dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930 – Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1766) – silvery dwarf burrowing skink, common burrowing skink
Scelotes caffer (W. Peters, 1861) – Cape dwarf burrowing skink, Peters's burrowing skink
Scelotes capensis (A. Smith, 1849) – western dwarf burrowing skink, cape burrowing skink
Scelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990
Scelotes farquharsoni Raw, 2020
Scelotes fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1994 – Fitzsimons's dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes gronovii (Daudin, 1802) – Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887 – Günther's dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes inornatus (A. Smith, 1849) – Durban dwarf burrowing skink, legless burrowing skink
Scelotes insularis Broadley, 1990
Scelotes kasneri FitzSimons, 1939 – Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes limpopoensis FitzSimons, 1930 – Limpopo burrowing skink
Scelotes mirus (Roux, 1907) – montane dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003 – Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes mossambicus (W. Peters, 1882) – Mozambique dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895
Scelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824) – striped dwarf burrowing skink
Scelotes uluguruensis Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 – Uluguru fossorial skink
Scelotes vestigifer Broadley, 1994 – coastal dwarf burrowing skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scelotes.
References

Raw, LRG (24 February 2020). "A New Species of Scelotes (Sauria: Scincidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa". ZooNova. 1 (4): 40–48. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3685541.
"Scelotes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
Branch, Bill. (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Scelotes, pp. 139-140).

"Scelotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org