Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   4985
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3218CC
Observer:   Dorse C. & van Rooyen S.
Date of record:   2008-00-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Uploaded from submission_4901-5000.txt: entry no. 85
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   2620
Species name:   Scelotes gronovii
Common name:   Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Family:   Scincidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-4985
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 4985 - photo: 1
VM-number: 4985 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:  
Date:   2014-02-27 20:41:54
Species name:   Scelotes kasneri -- Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Species code:   2660
Comment number:   2
By:   Luke Verburgt
Comment:   The single toe on hind limb (only species in that region) and tail colouration is consistent with S. gronovii. S. kasneri is didactyl.
Date:   2018-09-12 10:32:22
Species name:   Scelotes gronovii -- Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Species code:   2620
Comment number:   3
By:   Luke Kemp
Comment:   Single toe and small size suggest S.gronovii
Date:   2021-07-05 21:50:56
Species name:   Scelotes gronovii -- Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Species code:   2620

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