Scelotes bourquini

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 bourquini

Name

• Scelotes bourquini Broadley, 1994: 252

Holotype: NMZB-UM 8284, collected by O. Bourquin on 19 April 1964.

Type locality: “Dargle, Natal [= KwaZuluNatal,]” South Africa.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1994. The genus Scelotes Fitzinger (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Mozambique, Swaziland and Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum 35(1): 237–259. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Scelotes bourquini. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Bourquin’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink