title: Scolecoseps
text: # Scolecoseps
  
  Scolecoseps is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to East Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  Genus Scolecoseps contains four species.
  
  * Scolecoseps acontias (F. Werner, 1913) – sandy limbless skink
  * Scolecoseps boulengeri Loveridge, 1920 – Boulenger's limbless skink
  * Scolecoseps broadleyi L. Verburgt, U. Verburgt & Branch, 2018
  * Scolecoseps litipoensis Broadley, 1995 – Litipo sand skink
  
  Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scolecoseps.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Boulenger's Limbless Skink (Scolecoseps boulengeri)
  