Acontias kgalagadi

Acontias kgalagadi

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 kgalagadi
Subspecies: A. k. kgalagadi – A. k. subtaeniatus

Name

• Acontias kgalagadi Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010
  • new replacement name for Typhlosaurus lineatus Boulenger, 1887

Synonyms

• Typhlosaurus lineatus Boulenger, 1887 [junior secondary homonym in Acontias of Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879]
• Typhlosaurus subtaeniatus Broadley, 1968 [subspecies] [VALID NAME!]

References

• 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: 33–46. Preview