Acontias plumbeus

Acontias plumbeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Acontias
Species: Acontias plumbeus

Name

Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849

• Holotype: MZUB.
• Type locality: “Mozambico”.

Combinations

• Acontias plumbea Bianconi, 1849: 108 [original spelling]

References

Primary references

• Bianconi, G.G. 1849. Lettera al Dottore Filippo de–Filippi, Professore di Zoologia a Torino sopra alcune nuove specie di rettili del Mozambico. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Series 2 10: 106–109. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acontias plumbeus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 June 2023.
• Pietersen, D., Verburgt, L., Farooq, H. & Chapeta, Y. 2021. IUCN: Acontias plumbeus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T161192926A120634106. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T161192926A120634106.en. Accessed on 05 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Percival's Legless Lizard, Tanzanian Legless Lizard, and Percival's Lance Skink