| Scelotes duttoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Scelotes |
| Species: | S. duttoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Scelotes duttoni Broadley, 1990
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Scelotes duttoni is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique.12
Etymology
The specific name, duttoni, is in honor of South African ecologist Paul Dutton.3
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of S. duttoni is the supralittoral zone and dunes, at altitudes of 1–25 m (3.3–82.0 ft).1
Description
S. duttoni has no front legs, only vestigial buds. Each back leg has only two digits, the inner digit much longer than the outer.2 Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in).4 The tail length is slightly shorter than (SVL). Dorsally, S. duttoni is blackish, with a pale dorsolateral line on each side.2
Reproduction
S. duttoni is ovoviviparous.2 Litter size is two or three young. Each newborn measures 4.5–5.0 cm (1.8–2.0 in) in total length (including tail).4
References
References
- Conradie, W.; Verburgt, L.; Farooq, H.; Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Scelotes duttoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T44979096A44979104. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44979096A44979104.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Scelotes duttoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scelotes duttoni, p. 78).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Scelotes duttoni, p. 144).
Further reading
Further reading
- Broadley DG (1990). "The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of South Moçambique". Arnoldia (Zimbabwe) 9 (35): 469–493. (Scelotes duttoni, new species).
- Broadley DG (1994). "The genus Scelotes Fitzinger (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Mozambique, Swaziland and Natal, South Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum 35: 237–259.