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Scelotes caffer (Cape dwarf burrowing skink)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Scincidae (skinks) > Genus: Scelotes

Scelotes caffer (Cape dwarf burrowing skink) Scelotes caffer (Cape dwarf burrowing skink)
Scelotes caffer, Western Cape. [photo Grundlingh F. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Scelotes caffer, Lambert's Bay. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]