Scelotes limpopoensis
The Limpopo burrowing skink (Scelotes limpopoensis) is a lizard species found in the Limpopo River valley in South Africa.
| Limpopo burrowing skink | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scelotes |
| Species: | S. limpopoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scelotes limpopoensis FitzSimons 1930[1] | |
This species lost the forelimbs entirely and the hind limbs are reduced to only two digits.
Taxonomy
There are two sub-species:
- Scelotes limpopoensis albiventris JACOBSEN 1987 - first described in the Langjan Nature Reserve
- Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis FITZSIMONS 1930
Although both sub-species occupy a similar habitat the range of S. l. albiventris is smaller than S. l. limpopoensis and they have not been discovered in sympatry, and may probably be a full species.[2]
References
- "Scelotes limpopoensis FITZSIMONS, 1930". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- SCHMIDT, ALMUTH D. (30 December 2002). "The herpetofauna of the Langjan Nature Reserve" (PDF). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie e.V. pp. 121–135. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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