Proscelotes aenea
Species of reptile
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Proscelotes aenea, also known as the montane skink, is a species of lizard. It is endemic to Mozambique.[1][2] Unrecorded for over a century, it was rediscovered near Lumbo in 2021 after scientists determined its type locality.[3][4]
| Proscelotes aenea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Proscelotes |
| Species: | P. aenea |
| Binomial name | |
| Proscelotes aenea | |
| Proscelotes aenea is only known from near Lumbo, Mozambique | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Scelotes aeneus Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 | |