NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Scelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849)
- Name authority
- (Smith, 1849)
- Common name
- Durban Dwarf Burrowing Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Scelotes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyScincinae
- genusScelotes
- speciesScelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scelotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes bidigittatus Fitzsimons, 1930 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes mirus (Roux, 1907) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes mossambicus (Peters, 1882) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coastal Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes vestigifer Broadley, 1994 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes caffer (Peters, 1861) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bourquin’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink [bourquini]Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Burrowing SkinkScelotes capensis (Smith, 1849) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes kasneri Fitzsimons, 1939 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes limpopoensis Fitzsimons, 1930 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scelotes natalensis Hewitt, 1921 Hewitt, 1921 | synonym |
| Lithophilus inornatus Smith, 1849 Smith, 1849 | synonym |
| Scelotes inornatus inornatus Fitzsimons, 1943 Fitzsimons, 1943 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Scelotes&species=inornatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6XVZB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.