Acontias meleagris

Acontias meleagris

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 meleagris

Name

Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type material: NRM. [lost]
• Type locality: “Indiis”.

Combinations

• Anguis meleagris Linnaeus, 1758: 127 [original combination]
• Eryx meleagris — Daudin, 1803 [subsequent combination]
• Acontias meleagris — Merrem 1820 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andersson, L.G. 1899. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(6): 1–35. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acontias meleagris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 July 2022.
• Conradie, W. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. IUCN: Acontias meleagris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44974868A115668762. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44974868A115668762.en. Accessed on 03 July 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cape Legless Skink
українська: Капський безногий сцинк

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