Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink

Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Scelotes
Species: S. gronovii
Binomial name
Scelotes gronovii
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms[2]
  • Seps gronovii
    Daudin, 1802
  • Scelotes gronovii
    — Brygoo, 1985

Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes gronovii ) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Etymology

Both the specific name, gronovii, and the common name are in honor of Dutch naturalist Laurens Theodorus Gronovius.[4]

Description

S. gronovii has no front legs, and each back leg has only one toe.[2] The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is usually 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in), and the maximum recorded SVL is 7 cm (2.8 in).[5]

Reproduction

S. gronovii is viviparous.[2] A litter consists of one or two newborns, each of which has a total length (including tail) of 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Marais J, Bauer A (2017). "Scelotes gronovii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T19955A110317989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T19955A110317989.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Scelotes gronovii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Scelotes gronovii . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  4. ↑ 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 gronovii, p. 109).
  5. 1 2 Branch (2004).

Further reading

  • 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Scelotes gronovii, p. 142 + Plate 47).
  • Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusiers sociétés savantes. Tome quatrième. Paris: F. Dufart. 397 pp. (Seps gronovii, pp. 354–358). (in French and Latin).


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