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Acontias

Acontias is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family Scincidae) in the African subfamily Acontinae. Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is Acontias plumbeus at approximately 40 cm (16 in) snout-vent length. All members of this genus are live-bearing, sandswimmers, with fused eyelids. A recent review moved species that were formerly placed in the genera Typhlosaurus, Acontophiops, and Microacontias into this genus, as together these form a single branch in the

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 25 known species

Cape Legless Skink

speciesAcontias meleagris

Giant Legless Skink

speciesAcontias plumbeus

Eastern Cape Legless Skink

speciesAcontias orientalis

Striped Legless Skink

speciesAcontias lineatus

Thin-tailed Legless Skink

speciesAcontias gracilicauda

Striped Blind Legless Skink

speciesAcontias kgalagadi

Okahandja Legless Skink

speciesAcontias occidentalis

White-throated Legless Skink

speciesAcontias albigularis

Cregoe's Legless Skink

speciesAcontias cregoi

Algoa Legless Skink

speciesAcontias lineicauda

Short-headed Legless Skink

speciesAcontias breviceps

Woodbush Legless Skink

speciesAcontias rieppeli

East African Legless Skink

speciesAcontias aurantiacus

Namaqua Lance Skink

speciesAcontias namaquensis

Acontias parietalis

speciesAcontias parietalis

Stripe-bellied Legless Skink

speciesAcontias subtaeniatus

Newbery's Legless Skink

speciesAcontias richardi

Percival's Legless Skink

speciesAcontias percivali

Wakkerstroom Legless Skink

speciesAcontias wakkerstroomensis

Fitzsimons' Legless Lizard

speciesAcontias fitzsimonsi

Zambian Striped Legless Skink

speciesAcontias jappi

Acontias gariepensis

speciesAcontias gariepensis

Acontias mukwando

speciesAcontias mukwando

Umtali Legless Skink

speciesAcontias bicolor

Kataba Legless Skink

speciesAcontias schmitzi

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo

Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.267

Serpentum et Draconum Historiae

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.274

Serpentum et Draconum Historiae

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.273

Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo

Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.266

History of Serpents and Dragons

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.266

History of Serpents and Dragons

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.265

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37294.