Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Acontias Higher classification Acontinae Gray (1839) Order Scaled reptiles | Family Scincidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | |
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Similar Typhlosaurus, Scelotes, Feylinia, Scaled reptiles, Amphiglossus | ||
Giant acontias acontias plumbeus
Acontias is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family Scincidae) in the African subfamily Acontinae. Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is Acontias plumbeus at approximately 40 cm (16 in) snout-vent length. All members of this genus are live-bearing, sandswimmers, with fused eyelids. A recent review moved species that were formerly placed in the genera Typhlosaurus, Acontophiops, and Microacontias into this genus, as together these form a single branch in the tree of life. This new concept of Acontias is a sister lineage to Typhlosaurus, and these two genera are the only genera within the subfamily Acontinae.
Contents
- Giant acontias acontias plumbeus
- Building a vivarium for a legless lizard acontias percivali
- Species
- References
Building a vivarium for a legless lizard acontias percivali
Species
These 21 species are recognized:
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates the species was originally described in a genus other than Acontias.
