Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: October 17th, 2024. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Scolecoseps Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Scolecoseps East African Sand Skinks Ostafrikanische Sandskinke Østafrikanske Sandskinker 1920 Scolecoseps Loveridge (type species: Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge 1920) Contents: 5 species, all of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania. Scolecoseps acontias Limbless Sand Skink, Sandy-soil Limbless Skink Gliedloser Sandskink Lemmeløs Sandskink 1914 Melanoseps acontias Werner Scolecoseps acontias Loveridge 1923 Remarks: Status uncertain (Broadley 1995). Distribution: Tanzania. Scolecoseps ashei Kilifi Sand Skink, (Ashe's Limbless Sand Skink) Kilifi-Sandskink Kilifi-sandskink 2024 Scolecoseps ashei Malonza, Nyamache & Bwong Distribution: Kenya. Scolecoseps boulengeri Mozambique Sand Skink Mosambikanischer Sandskink Mozambiqisk Sandskink 1920 Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge Distribution: Mozambique. Scolecoseps broadleyi Palma Sand Skink Palma-Sandskink Palma-sandskink 2018 Scolecoseps broadleyi Verburght, Verburght & Branch Distribution: Mozambique. Scolecoseps litipoensis Litipo Sand Skink Litipo-Sandskink Litipo-sandskink 1995 Scolecoseps litipoensis Broadley Distribution: Tanzania.