Acontias poecilus

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 poecilus

Acontias poecilus Bourquin & Lambiris, 1996: 223

Holotype: TM 79313, adult ♀, collected by P.M. Hitchins on 13 May 1994.
Type locality: “Leisure Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, 31°01'20" S, 30°14'42" E, 10 m above sea level”.
Synonymised with Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849, by Zhao, Verdú-Ricoy, Mohlakoana, Jordaan, Conradie & Heideman (2019: 457).

Bourquin, O. & Lambiris, A.J.L. 1996. A new species of Acontias Cuvier (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(17): 223–227. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_79 Reference page.
Zhao, Z.-N., Verdú‐Ricoy, J., Mohlakoana, S., Jordaan, A., Conradie, W. & Heideman, N. 2019. Unexpected phylogenetic relationships within the world's largest limbless skink species (Acontias plumbeus) highlight the need for a review of the taxonomic status of Acontias poecilus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(2): 445–460. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12263 Reference page.

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