Scelotes duttoni

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Scelotes duttoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scelotes
Species:
S. duttoni
Binomial name
Scelotes duttoni
Broadley, 1990

Scelotes duttoni is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, duttoni, is in honor of South African ecologist Paul Dutton. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. duttoni is the supralittoral zone and dunes, at altitudes of 1–25 m (3.3–82.0 ft). [1]

Description

S. duttoni has no front legs, and each back leg has only two digits. [2]

Reproduction

S. duttoni is ovoviviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Conradie, W.; Verburgt, L.; Farooq, H.; Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Scelotes duttoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T44979096A44979104. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44979096A44979104.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Scelotes duttoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. 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. (Scelotes duttoni, p. 78).

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