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Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Peters, & Wilhem Carl Hartwig. Über neue Amphibien des Kgl. Zoologischen Museums (Euprepes, Acontias, Typhlops, Zamenis, Spilotes, Oedipus).

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Scincidae
genus
Acontias
species
Acontias lineatus

Name

Synonyms
Acontias lineatus lineatus
Acontias lineatus orangensis Hewitt, 1938
Microacontias lineatus (Peters, 1879)
Homonyms
Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879
Acontias lineatus Boulenger
Common names
Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink in English
Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink [litoralis] in English
Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink [litoralis] in English
Coastal Legless Skink in English
Gray's dwarf legless skink in English
Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink [grayi] in English
Gray’s Dwarf Legless Skink [grayi] in English
Lined Lance Skink in English
Lined Lance Skink in English
Lined Lance Skink in English
Namaqualand Dwarf Legless Skink [tristis] in English
Namaqualand Dwarf Legless Skink [tristis] in English
Northern Cape Legless Skink in English
Stribet Dværgpilskink in Danish
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink in English
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink in English
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink in English
Striped Legless Lizard in English
Striped Legless Skink in English
Береговой аконтиас in Russian
Линейчатый аконтиас in Russian
Striped Legless Skink in English
Lined Lance Skink in English
Striped Dwarf Legless Skink in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Lamb, Trip, Sayantan Biswas, and Aaron M. Bauer, 2010: A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly. Zootaxa, vol. 2657. 33-46.
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