Scolecoseps
Scolecoseps is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to East Africa.
| Scolecoseps | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920[1] |
Species
Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.[2]
- Scolecoseps acontias (F. Werner, 1913) – Tanzania
- Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge, 1920 – Mozambique
- Scolecoseps broadleyi L. Verburgt, U. Verburgt & Branch, 2018 – Mozambique
- Scolecoseps litipoensis Broadley, 1995 – Tanzania
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scolecoseps.
Etymology
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
The specific name, broadleyi, is in honor of African herpetologist Donald George Broadley.[4]
References
- "Scolecoseps ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/lacertilia/scincomorpha/scincidae/scincinae.
- Genus Scolecoseps at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scolecoseps boulengeri, p. 35).
- Species Scolecoseps broadleyi at The Reptile Database .
Further reading
- 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". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1920: 131–167. (Scolecoseps, new genus, p. 159; S. boulengeri, new species, pp. 159–160, Text-figure 1).
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