Acontias albigularis

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

• Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018: 95

Holotype: PEM R20655, collected by Werner Conradie, Theo Busschau and Adriaan Jordaan on 9 December 2013.

Type locality: “Mauchsberg, Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga, South Africa (- 25.14113 S 30.60522 E, 2530BA, 2149 m above sea level ~ asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Conradie, W., Busschau, T. & Edwards, S. 2018. Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa 4429(1): 89–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.1.3. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acontias albigularis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 September 2018.

Vernacular names

English: White-throated Legless Skink