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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scelotes |
Species: | S. gronovii
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Binomial name | |
Scelotes gronovii (
Daudin, 1802)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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. [1]
Both the specific name, gronovii, and the common name are in honour of Dutch naturalist Laurens Theodorus Gronovius. [3]
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). [4]
The preferred natural habitat of S. gronovii is sparse sandy shrubland in the southwestern coastal margins of the Western Cape (including Dassen Island), at altitudes below 100 m (330 ft). [1]
S. gronovii is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
S. gronovii is ovoviviparous. [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). [4]
Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scelotes |
Species: | S. gronovii
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Binomial name | |
Scelotes gronovii (
Daudin, 1802)
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| |
Synonyms [2] | |
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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. [1]
Both the specific name, gronovii, and the common name are in honour of Dutch naturalist Laurens Theodorus Gronovius. [3]
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). [4]
The preferred natural habitat of S. gronovii is sparse sandy shrubland in the southwestern coastal margins of the Western Cape (including Dassen Island), at altitudes below 100 m (330 ft). [1]
S. gronovii is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
S. gronovii is ovoviviparous. [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). [4]