Woodbush legless skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Acontias |
Species: | A. rieppeli
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Binomial name | |
Acontias rieppeli Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010
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Synonyms | |
Acontophiops lineatus Sternfeld, 1911 |
The woodbush legless skink (Acontias rieppeli) is a species of legless skink. [2] It is found in the Wolkberg mountains of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Females of the species give birth to live young. This lizard species was formerly placed in a monotypic (single species) genus as Acontophiops lineatus. Morphologically the genus shows similarities to Acontias cregoi (formerly Typhlosaurus cregoi) and a recent review placed both of these within the genus Acontias, which, as Acontias lineatus was already occupied, required a new name for this species. [3]
Woodbush legless skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Acontias |
Species: | A. rieppeli
|
Binomial name | |
Acontias rieppeli Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010
| |
Synonyms | |
Acontophiops lineatus Sternfeld, 1911 |
The woodbush legless skink (Acontias rieppeli) is a species of legless skink. [2] It is found in the Wolkberg mountains of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Females of the species give birth to live young. This lizard species was formerly placed in a monotypic (single species) genus as Acontophiops lineatus. Morphologically the genus shows similarities to Acontias cregoi (formerly Typhlosaurus cregoi) and a recent review placed both of these within the genus Acontias, which, as Acontias lineatus was already occupied, required a new name for this species. [3]