Scelotes bipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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: Scelotes bipes

Name

Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NRM 139.
• Type locality: “Indiis” in error, probably “Cape of Good Hope” fide FitzSimons (1943: 139).

Combinations

• Anguis bipes Linnaeus, 1758: 227 [original combination]
• Lacerta bipes — Gmelin, 1789: 1079 [subsequent combination]
• Chamaesaura bipes — Schneider, 1801: 213 [subsequent combination]
• Scelotes bipes — Gray, 1845: 123 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Scelotes bipes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.
• Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Marais, J. 2018. IUCN: Scelotes bipes  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44979043A115670447. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44979043A115670447.en

Vernacular names

English: Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink

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