Typhlacontias kataviensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Typhlacontias
Species: Typhlacontias kataviensis

Name

• Typhlacontias kataviensis Broadley, 2006: 558

Holotype: CAS 227747, adult ♂, collected by T.A. Gardner on 6 March 2003.

Type locality: “Mswala Sands, bordering the Katavi floodplain [06°38’33”S 31°12’2”E] at ca. 850 m in the Katavi National Park, western Tanzania”.

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 2006. A New Species of Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae: Feylininae) from Western Tanzania. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4th series 57(20): 557–560. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Typhlacontias kataviensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Katavi Blind Dart Skink