Acontias wakkerstroomensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

• 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)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acontias wakkerstroomensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 September 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Wakkerstroom Legless Skink