Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink

Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Scelotes
Species: S. kasneri
Binomial name
Scelotes kasneri

Kasner's dwarf burrowing skink or Kasner's burrowing skink (Scelotes kasneri ) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family.

Geographic range

Scelotes kasneri is endemic to the Western Cape coast of South Africa.[1][2]

Description

The limbs of S. kasneri are greatly reduced. The forelimbs are entirely lost, and the hind limbs retain only two digits.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, kasneri, as well as the common names, are in honor of J.H. Kasner, collector of the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Scelotes kasneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Scelotes kasneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scelotes kasneri, p. 138).

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 kasneri, p. 144 + Plate 48).
  • FitzSimons VFM. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16. (Scelotes kasneri, new species, p. 13).


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