Acontias gracilicauda

Acontias gracilicauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Acontias
Species: A. gracilicauda
Binomial name
Acontias gracilicauda
(Essex, 1925)[1]

Acontias gracilicauda, the slendertail lance skink, is a species of skink found in the Republic of South Africa. Specifically, its range is Little Namaqualand, East Cape and South Transvaal. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 JCVI.org

Further reading

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