Accepted scientific name:
Scelotes bidigittatus FITZSIMONS 1930 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Scelotes bidigittatus FITZSIMONS 1930
Synonyms:
Herpetosaura bidigittata WITTE 1943 (synonym)
Scelotes bidigittata GREER 1970 (synonym)
Common names: -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Scincidae
Genus Scelotes
Distribution: Republic of South Africa (NE Transvaal lowveld, between Soutpansberg and Olifants River), S Mozambique ?, Natal (south to Maputaland) Terra typica: Farm Madrid on Brak River, E. Transvaal
Additional data: Holotype: TMSA 12921 Belongs to the didactyle S. bidigittatus group. This species lost its forelimb entirely and retains only two digits on the hind limb.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Scelotes&species=bidigittatus
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e25b3e36-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201