Günther's dwarf burrowing skink

Günther's dwarf burrowing skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae
Genus:	Scelotes
Species:	S. guentheri
Binomial name
Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887

Günther's dwarf burrowing skink or Günther's burrowing skink (Scelotes guentheri ) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. S. guentheri is endemic to Natal, South Africa.^[1][2] Limbs are greatly reduced: forelimbs are entirely lost and the hind limbs retain only two digits.^[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, guentheri, and the common name are in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.^[2][3]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Scelotes guentheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
2. Scelotes guentheri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 January 2015.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Scelotes guentheri, p. 110).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ...Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Scelotes guentheri, new species, pp. 414–415 + Plate XXIV, figures 3, 3a, 3b, 3c).
• 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 guentheri, p. 142).