Paracontias kankana

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: Scincinae
Genus: Paracontias
Species: Paracontias kankana

Name

• Paracontias kankana Köhler, Vieites, Glaw, Kaffenberger & Vences, 2009: 99

Holotype: ZSM 1810/2008, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Mahasoa forest (pitfall camp), 17.29769° S, 48.70199° E, 1032 m a.s.l., near Ambatodisakoana village, central eastern Madagascar.”

References

Primary references

• Köhler, J., Vieites, D.R., Glaw, F., Kaffenberger, N. & Vences, M. 2009. A further new species of limbless skink, genus Paracontias, from eastern Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 58(2): 98–105. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650029 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Paracontias kankana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 December 2017.