Scelotes montispectus

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

Scelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003: 232

Holotype: CAS 223934 (field number AMB 7074), adult ♀, collected by R.A. Sadlier, A.M. Bauer and A.S. Whiting on 29 September 2001.
Type locality: “Approximately 4.6 km north of Grootbaai, Bloubergstrand on Melkbos Rd, 33°45’02’S, 18°26'34’E”.

Bauer, A.M., Whiting, A.S. & Sadlier, R.A. 2003. A New Species of Scelotes from near Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 54(13): 231–237. BHL Reference page.

Bauer, A.M., Conradie, W. & Marais, J. 2018. IUCN: Scelotes montispectus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44979206A115670986. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44979206A115670986.en