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Pseudoacontias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Scincidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Subfamily
  
Scincinae

Similar
  
Pygomeles, Paracontias, Voeltzkowia

Pseudoacontias is genus of skinks endemic to Madagascar. They are large, fossorial skinks, measuring at least 200 mm (7.9 in) in snout–vent length. They lack limbs or have greatly reduced limbs.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Pseudoacontias madagascariensis (Bocage, 1889)
  • Pseudoacontias angelorum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
  • Pseudoacontias menamainty (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
  • Pseudoacontias unicolor (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

    • References

    Pseudoacontias Wikipedia
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