Acontias mukwando

Acontias mukwando

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Acontias
Species: Acontias mukwando

Name

Acontias mukwando Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Lopes-Lima, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2023: 151

Holotype: MUHNAC/MB03-001522 (ﬁeld no. LMPC 3172), adult unsexed, collected by Diogo Parrinha, Mariana Marques and Luis M.P. Ceríaco on 28 October 2022.
Type locality: “vicinity of Catchi, Serra da Neve inselberg [-13.7660°, 13.2587°,1674 m], Namibe province, Angola”.
Paratypes (n=2): MUHNAC/MB03-001524 (ﬁeld no. LMPC 3251), juvenile unsexed, and MUHNAC/MB03-001523 (ﬁeld no. LMPC 3276), adult unsexed, with the same collecting data of the holotype, but collected, respectively, on 1 and 2 November 2022.

References

Primary references

Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Tiutenko, A., Lopes-Lima, M., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2023. A new species of African legless skink, genus Acontias Cuvier, 1816 "1817" (Squamata: Scincidae) from Serra da Neve inselberg, south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 145–162. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2023.2246487 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Acontias mukwando. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Angolanischer beinloser Skink
English: Serra da Neve Lance-skink
português: Lagarto-lança-da-Serra da Neve
русский: ангольский безногий сцинк
українська: ангольский безногий сцинк

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