Pseudoacontias
| Pseudoacontias | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Pseudoacontias Bocage, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudoacontias madagascariensis Bocage, 1889[1] | |
Pseudoacontias is genus of skinks endemic to Madagascar.[2] They are large, fossorial skinks, measuring at least 200 mm (7.9 in) in snout–vent length. They lack limbs or have greatly reduced limbs.[3][4]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Pseudoacontias madagascariensis (Bocage, 1889)
- Pseudoacontias angelorum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Pseudoacontias menamainty (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
- Pseudoacontias unicolor (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)
References
- ↑ Pseudoacontias madagascariensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 April 2014.
- 1 2 Pseudoacontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Sakata, S.; Hikida, T. (2003). "A new fossorial scincine lizard of the genus Pseudoacontias (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Nosy Be, Madagascar". Amphibia-Reptilia. 24: 57–64. doi:10.1163/156853803763806948.
- ↑ Andreone, F.; Greer, A. E. (2002). "Malagasy scincid lizards: Descriptions of nine new species, with notes on the morphology, reproduction and taxonomy of some previously described species (Reptilia, Squamata: Scincidae)". Journal of Zoology. 258 (2): 139–1622. doi:10.1017/S0952836902001280.
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