Acontias aurantiacus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Acontias
- Species
- Acontias aurantiacus
- Scientific Name
- Acontias aurantiacus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Acontias aurantiacus
Acontias aurantiacus, the golden blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, and South Africa.
Three subspecies are recognized:
- Acontias aurantiacus aurantiacus (Peters, 1854)
- Acontias aurantiacus bazarutoensis Broadley, 1990 – Bazaruto Island, Mozambique
- Acontias aurantiacus carolinensis Broadley, 1990 – Santa Carolina, Mozambique
Acontias aurantiacus in languages:
- English
- East African Legless Skink
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acontias albigularis
- Acontias aurantiacus
- Acontias bicolor
- Acontias breviceps
- Acontias cregoi
- Acontias fitzsimonsi
- Acontias gariepensis
- Acontias gracilicauda
- Acontias grayi
- Acontias jappi
- Acontias kgalagadi
- Acontias lineatus
- Acontias lineicauda
- Acontias litoralis
- Acontias meleagris
- Acontias namaquensis
- Acontias occidentalis
- Acontias orientalis
- Acontias parietalis
- Acontias percivali
- Acontias plumbeus
- Acontias richardi
- Acontias rieppeli
- Acontias schmitzi
- Acontias subtaeniatus
- Acontias tristis
- Acontias wakkerstroomensis