Günther's dwarf burrowing skink

Günther's dwarf burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Scelotes
Species: S. guentheri
Binomial name
Scelotes guentheri
Boulenger, 1887

Günther's dwarf burrowing skink or Günther's burrowing skink (Scelotes guentheri ) was a species of skink in the family Scincidae. S. guentheri was endemic to Natal, South Africa.[1][2]

Description

S. guentheri is known from only one specimen which was collected in 1886.[3] It has greatly reduced limbs. The forelimbs are entirely lost, and the hind limbs retain only two digits.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, and the common names are in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[2][4]

Conservation status

S. guentheri is considered to be extinct.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Scelotes guentheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Scelotes guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Branch (2004).
  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 guentheri, p. 110).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ...Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Scelotes guentheri, new species, pp. 414–415 + Plate XXIV, figures 3, 3a, 3b, 3c).
  • 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 guentheri, p. 142).


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