Scelotes arenicola

Scelotes arenicola
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scelotes
Species:	S. arenicola
Binomial name
Scelotes arenicola (Peters, 1854)

Scelotes arenicola, the Zululand dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is found in South Africa, Mozambique, and Eswatini. ^[2] Note: the correct species name is arenicola, a noun in apposition, meaning a sand dweller, and does not change according to the gender of the genus name ^[3]

References

1. Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Farooq, H. 2020. Scelotes arenicolus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44979015A147704980. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44979015A147704980.en. Downloaded on 06 September 2020.
2. Scelotes arenicola at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. Bauer AM. 2016. On the taxonomic status of two enigmatic southern African fossorial skinks, Scelotes bicolor and S. schebeni. African Journal of Herpetology. 65: 33-38. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2016.1138149