Acontias albigularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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)”.

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.

Conradie, W., Branch, W.R. & Watson, G. 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1 Reference page.

Conradie, W. 2022. IUCN: Acontias albigularis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T128870755A197429940. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T128870755A197429940.en. Accessed on 23 January 2026.