Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4142
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:  
Observer:   Pretorius A.
Date of record:   2006-00-07
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   QDS=3318AD. Located in mole rat excavations. MDV edited nr of photos online on 2008/04/10
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   2580
Species name:   Scelotes bipes
Common name:   Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4142
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4142 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4142 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Wulf Haacke
Comment:  
Date:   2008-03-25 23:07:26
Species name:   Scelotes bipes -- Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Species code:   2580
Comment number:   2
By:   Comments by several members of expert panel
Comment:   Not able to make a positive identification.
Date:   2013-05-16 14:37:07
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2014-02-05 17:30:35
Species name:   Scelotes sp.
Species code:   6128
Comment number:   4
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Two toes exclude S.gronovii. Colouration and head shape exclude S.kasneri, S.sexlineatus and S. montispectus
Date:   2021-06-30 10:34:32
Species name:   Scelotes bipes -- Silvery Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Species code:   2580

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