Scolecoseps

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: Scolecoseps
Species (4): S. acontias – S. boulengeri – S. broadleyi – S. litipoensis
Name

Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920: 159

Type species: Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge, 1920, by monotypy.
References
Additional references

Verburgt, L., Verburgt, U.K. & Branch, W.R. 2018. A new species of Scolecoseps (Reptilia: Scincidae) from coastal north-eastern Mozambique. African Journal of Herpetology 67(1): 86–98. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2017.1413014 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Scolecoseps . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 October 2018.

Scolecoseps is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to East Africa.
Species

Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.[2]

Scolecoseps acontias (F. Werner, 1913) – sandy limbless skink
Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge, 1920 – Boulenger's limbless skink
Scolecoseps broadleyi L. Verburgt, U. Verburgt & Branch, 2018
Scolecoseps litipoensis Broadley, 1995 – Litipo sand skink

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

"Scolecoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/scincinae.

Genus Scolecoseps at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.