Acontias jappi

Taxonavigation

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

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

Holotype: NMZB-UM 6757.

Type locality: “Kalabo, Barotseland, Zambia”.

Typhlosaurus lineatus jappi Broadley, 1968 [original combination, as subspecies]
Typhlosaurus jappi Schneider & Bauer, 2009: 56 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
Acontias jappi Lamb et al., 2010 [subsequent combination]

Broadley, D.G. 1968. A revision of the African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 3(36): 1–20. Reference page.
Schneider, V. & Bauer, A.M. 2009. Typhlosaurus jappi Broadley, 1968, a Valid Species of Acontine Skink. African Journal of Herpetology 58(1): 56–58. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9635582

English: Zambian Striped Lance Skink