Scelotes limpopoensis
# Scelotes limpopoensis

The Limpopo burrowing skink (Scelotes limpopoensis) is a lizard species found in the Limpopo River valley in South Africa.

This species lost the forelimbs entirely and the hind limbs are reduced to only two digits.

## Taxonomy

There are two sub-species:

* Scelotes limpopoensis albiventris JACOBSEN 1987 - first described in the Langjan Nature Reserve
* Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis FITZSIMONS 1930

Although both sub-species occupy a similar habitat the range of S. l. albiventris is smaller than S. l. limpopoensis and they have not been discovered in sympatry, and may probably be a full species.

