Proscelotes aenea
Proscelotes aenea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Proscelotes |
Species: | P. aenea
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Binomial name | |
Proscelotes aenea | |
Proscelotes aenea is only known from near Lumbo, Mozambique | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Scelotes aeneus Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 |
Proscelotes aenea, also known as the montane skink, is a species of lizard. It is endemic to Mozambique.[1][2] After not having been recorded for over 100 years, in 2021 it was reported to have been rediscovered from the coast near Lumbo, after scientists managed to determine the exact location of its broadly defined type locality.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Verburgt, L.; Conradie, W.; Alexander, G.J.; Farooq, H.; Tolley, K.A.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Proscelotes aenea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44978942A44978950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44978942A44978950.en. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ a b Proscelotes aenea at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 October 2021.
- ^ Farooq, Harith Omar Morgadinho & Perrigo, Allison (27 October 2021). "One sentence in a book leads researchers to a species not seen in over 100 years". The Conversation. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Proscelotes
- Lizards of Africa
- Reptiles of Mozambique
- Endemic fauna of Mozambique
- Reptiles described in 1928
- Taxa named by Thomas Barbour
- Taxa named by Arthur Loveridge
- Skink stubs