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Scolecoseps

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Scolecoseps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Scolecoseps
Loveridge, 1920[1]

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

Species

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Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.[2]

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

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References

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  1. ^ "Scolecoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/scincinae.
  2. ^ Genus Scolecoseps at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Loveridge A (1920). "Notes on East African Lizards collected in 1915–1919, with Description of a new Genus and Species of Skink and new Subspecies of Gecko". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1920: 131–167. (Scolecoseps, new genus, p. 159).