''Proscelotes'' is a
genus
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of
skink
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s. The genus is
endemic
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to
Africa
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.
["''Proscelotes'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The genus ''Proscelotes'' contains the following three
species
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.
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Proscelotes aenea'' – montane skink
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Proscelotes arnoldi'' – Arnold's montane skink
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Proscelotes eggeli'' – Usambara five-toed skink
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Nota bene
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'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Proscelotes''.
References
Further reading
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Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Proscelotes'', p. 139).
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de Witte G-F,
Laurent RF (1943). "''Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre'' Scelotes ''Fitzinger'' ". ''Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique'', Series 2, 26: 1-44. (''Proscelotes'', new genus). (in
French
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).
Proscelotes
Reptiles of Africa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
Taxa named by Gaston-François de Witte
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