Proscelotes aenea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Proscelotes |
Species: | P. aenea |
Binomial name | |
Proscelotes aenea | |
Proscelotes aenea is only known from near Lumbo, Mozambique | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Scelotes aeneusBarbour & Loveridge, 1928 |
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