Acontias subtaeniatus

Acontias subtaeniatus

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 subtaeniatus

Name

Acontias subtaeniatus (Broadley, 1968)

• Holotype: TM 14959.
• Type locality: “Great Saltpan, Waterpoort, Northern Transvaal”.

Combinations

• Typhlosaurus lineatus subtaeniatus Broadley, 1968 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Acontias kgalagadi subtaeniatus — Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010 [subsequent combination]
• Acontias subtaeniatus — Chapple et al., 2021 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1968. A revision of the African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 3(36): 1–20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Stripe-bellied Legless Skink