''Scelotes'' is a genus of small African

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The following 21 species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org *'' Scelotes anguinus'' (

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, 1887) – Algoa dwarf burrowing skink, Boulenger's burrowing skink, *'' Scelotes arenicola'' ( W. Peters, 1854) – Zululand dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes bidigittatus'' V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Lowveld dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes bipes ''Scelotes bipes'', the silvery dwarf burrowing skink or common burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. I ...

'' ( Linnaeus, 1766) – silvery dwarf burrowing skink, common burrowing skink *''

Scelotes caffer ''Scelotes caffer'', the Cape dwarf burrowing skink or Peters's burrowing skink, is a species of lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well ...

'' (W. Peters, 1861) – Cape dwarf burrowing skink, Peters's burrowing skink *''

Scelotes capensis ''Scelotes capensis'', the western dwarf burrowing skink or cape burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is found in South Africa and Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its west ...

'' ( A. Smith, 1849) – western dwarf burrowing skink, cape burrowing skink *'' Scelotes duttoni''

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, 1990 *'' Scelotes farquharsoni'' Raw, 2020 (''Scelotes farquharsoni'', new species). *'' Scelotes fitzsimonsi'' Broadley, 1994 – Fitzsimons's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes gronovii'' ( Daudin, 1802) – Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes guentheri'' Boulenger, 1887 – Günther's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes inornatus'' (A. Smith, 1849) – Durban dwarf burrowing skink, legless burrowing skink *''

Scelotes insularis ''Scelotes insularis'' is a species of lizard which is endemic to Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeaster ...

'' Broadley, 1990 *'' Scelotes kasneri'' V. FitzSimons, 1939 – Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes limpopoensis'' V. FitzSimons, 1930 – Limpopo burrowing skink *'' Scelotes mirus'' ( Roux, 1907) – montane dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes montispectus ''Scelotes montispectus'', the Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded ...

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, 2003 – Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink *'' Scelotes mossambicus'' (W. Peters, 1882) – Mozambique dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes poensis ''Scelotes poensis'' is a species of small skink endemic to the coastal forests of Bioko, such as the regions around Malabo. The species has potentially also been sighted in the coastal forests of Cameroon. The species is also known as the Fern ...

'' Bocage, 1895 – Fernando Po burrowing skink *'' Scelotes sexlineatus'' (

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, 1824) – striped dwarf burrowing skink *''

Scelotes uluguruensis ''Scelotes uluguruensis'', the Uluguru fossorial skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa wi ...

'' Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 – Uluguru fossorial skink *'' Scelotes vestigifer'' Broadley, 1994 – coastal dwarf burrowing skink '' Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Scelotes''.

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