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Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Anguis meleagris Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Cape Legless Skink in English
Cape Legless Skink in English
Cape Legless Skink in English
Dunkler Lanzenskink in German
Erdslang in English
Erdslang in English
Erdslang in English
Golden Sand Skink in English
Golden Sand Skink in English
Golden Sand Skink; Spotted Slow Skink; Thick-tailed Blindworm in English
Golden Sand Skink; Spotted Slow Skink; Thick-tailed Blindworm in English
Kap-Lanzenskink in German
Linnaeus' Lance Skink in English
Linnaeus' Lance Skink in English
Linnaeus' Lance Skink in English
Linneaus' lance skink in English
Spotted Slow Skink in English
Spotted Slow Skink in English
Thick-tailed Blindworm in English
Thick-tailed Blindworm in English
Капский аконтиас in Russian
Капський безногий сцинк in Ukrainian
Cape Legless Skink in English
Linnaeus' Lance 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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