Acontias namaquensis

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 namaquensis Hewitt, 1938

Holotype: PEM R4443 (formerly AMG 959), collected by Dr. R.W. Howard on 10 October (year unknown).
Type locality: “O’okiep, Namaqualand”, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Acontias plumbeus namaquensis Hewitt, 1938: 47 [original combination, as subspecies]
Acontias namaquensis — Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010: 41 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Hewitt, J. 1938. Description of new forms of the genus Acontias. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 26(1): 39–48. DOI: 10.1080/00359193809519768
Lamb, T., Biswas, S. & Bauer, A.M. 2010. A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly. Zootaxa 2657(1): 33–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2657.1.3 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.

Bauer, A.M. & Conradie, W. 2022. IUCN: Acontias namaquensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T44975368A197417513. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T44975368A197417513.en. Accessed on 23 January 2026.