Scolecoseps acontias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Scolecoseps
Species:
S. acontias
Binomial name
Scolecoseps acontias
(F. Werner, 1913)
Synonyms[2]
  • Melanoseps acontias
    F. Werner, 1913
  • Scolecoseps acontias
    — Loveridge, 1942

Scolecoseps acontias, also known commonly as the sandy limbless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[2]

Geographic range

S. acontias is found in eastern coastal Tanzania.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. acontias are shrubland and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft).[1]

Reproduction

S. acontias is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Menegon, M.; Spawls, S.; Malonza, P.; Msuya, C.A. (2014). "Scolecoseps acontias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T178374A46112517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178374A46112517.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Scolecoseps acontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

  • Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 15).
  • Loveridge A (1942). "Scientific Results of a Fourth Expedition to Forested Areas in East and Central Africa. IV. Reptiles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91 (1): 237–373. (Scolecoseps acontias, new combination, p. 359).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural Histury. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 177).
  • Werner F (1913). "Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 30: 1–51. (Melanoseps acontias, new species, p. 19). (in German).



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