Proscelotes is a genus of . The genus is Endemism to Africa.[" Proscelotes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
Species
The genus
Proscelotes contains the following three
species.
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Proscelotes aenea – montane skink
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Proscelotes arnoldi – Arnold's montane skink
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Proscelotes eggeli – Usambara five-toed skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Proscelotes.
Further reading
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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. . (Genus Proscelotes, p. 139).
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de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1943). " Contribution à la systématique des formes dégradées de la famille des Scincidae apparentées au genre Scelotes Fitzinger ". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, Series 2, 26: 1-44. ( Proscelotes, new genus). (in French language).
