Scelotes bidigittatus

Scelotes bidigittatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Scelotes
Species: Scelotes bidigittatus

Name

Scelotes bidigittatus FitzSimons, 1930: 34

• Holotype: TM 12921, adult ♂, collected by H. Lang.
• Type locality: “farm 'Madrid', Brak River, eastern Transvaal”, South Africa.

References

Primary references

• FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with distribution records of allied species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20–48. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_640 Reference page. 

Links

• Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Marais, J. 2018. IUCN: Scelotes bidigittatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44979035A115670318. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44979035A115670318.en. Accessed on 29 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink