Scolecoseps is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to East Africa.

Species

Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.

  • Scolecoseps acontias – sandy limbless skink
  • Scolecoseps boulengeri – Boulenger's limbless skink
  • Scolecoseps broadleyi
  • Scolecoseps litipoensis – Litipo sand skink

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scolecoseps.

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File:Boulenger's Limbless Skink imported from iNaturalist photo 202167565.jpg|Boulenger's Limbless Skink (Scolecoseps boulengeri)

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References

Further reading

  • Loveridge A (1920). "Notes on East African Lizards collected in 1915–1919, with Description of a new Genus and Species of Skink and new Subspecies of Gecko". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1920: 131–167. (Scolecoseps, new genus, p.&nbsp;159).