Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons, 1941)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Fitzsimons, V. F. M. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from southern Rhodesia.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Squamata
- family
- Scincidae
- genus
- Acontias
- species
- Acontias gariepensis
Name
- Synonyms
- Typhlosaurus gariepensis Fitzsimons, 1941
- Homonyms
- Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons, 1941)
- Common names
- Fitzsimon's Legless Skink in English
- Gariep Blind Legless Skink in English
- Kalahari- Pootlose Gladde Akkedis in Afrikaans
- Mier Kalahari Legless Skink in English
- Mier Kalahari Legless Skink in English
- Mier Kalahari Legless Skink in English
- Mier Kalahari Legless Skink in English
- Fitzsimon's Legless Skink in English
- Gariep Blind Legless Skink in English
Bibliographic References
- 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.