Acontias rieppeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

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

Acontias rieppeli Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010: 42 [nomen substitutum]

Acontophiops lineatus Sternfeld, 1912: 249 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879]

Sternfeld, R. 1912. Eine neue Scincidengattung aus Südafrika und eine neue Amphisbaenide aus Kamerun. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1912: 248–250. BHL
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.

Pietersen, D., Conradie, W., Bauer, A.M., Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Alexander, G.J. & Weeber, J. 2022. IUCN: Acontias rieppeli (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T41230A197402954. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T41230A197402954.en. Accessed on 17 December 2025.