Paracontias fasika

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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 Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Paracontias
Species: Paracontias fasika

Name

Paracontias fasika Köhler, Vences, Erbacher & Glaw, 2010: 154

• Holotype: ZSM 2256/2007, adult ♂, collected by H. Enting, F. Glaw, J. Köhler and local collectors on 10 March 2007.
• Type locality: “Baie de Sakalava, 12°16′24″ S, 49°23′33″ E, 11 m a.s.l., Forêt d’Orangea, Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Köhler, J., Vences, M., Erbacher, M. & Glaw, F. 2010. Systematics of limbless scincid lizards from northern Madagascar: morphology, phylogenetic relationships and implications for classification (Squamata: Scincidae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 10(2): 147–159. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0011-5 Reference page. 

Links

• Glaw, F., Rakotondravony, H. & Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Paracontias fasika  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T193487A8862980. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T193487A8862980.en. Accessed on 22 December 2025.