Acontias wakkerstroomensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Acontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018: 99

Holotype: PEM R22788, collected by Werner Conradie, Christa Conradie and Melt Morrison on 23 December 2015.
Type locality: “north of Wakkerstroom on Amersfoort road, Mpumalanga, South Africa (- 27.28250 S 30.11750 E, 2730 AC, 1847 m 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 wakkerstroomensis (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T128870867A197430027. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T128870867A197430027.en. Accessed on 23 January 2026.