Acontias gracilicauda

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Acontias
Species: Acontias gracilicauda
Name
[edit]Acontias gracilicauda Essex, 1925: 334
- Holotype: PEM R5131 (AMG un-numbered), collected by E. Railey, date unknown.
- Type locality: “Grahamstown”, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Essex, R. 1925. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Acontias and notes on some other lizards found in the Cape Province. Records of the Albany Museum 3: 332–342.
Additional references
[edit]- 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.
Links
[edit]- Bauer, A.M. & Conradie, W. 2022. IUCN: Acontias gracilicauda (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T44975977A197417639. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T44975977A197417639.en. Accessed on 23 January 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Thin-tailed Legless Skink