Acontias meleagris Acontias 12 Aug Written By Gary Nicolau View fullsize Acontias meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkKommadagga, Eastern Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau View fullsize Acontias meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkMakhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau View fullsize Acontias cf. meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkVelddrift, Western Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau WORK DONE ON THE SPECIESZHAO, Z., CONRADIE, W., PIETERSEN, D.W., JORDAAN, A., NICOLAU, G.K., EDWARDS, S., RIEKERT, S. & HEIDEMAN, N. 2023. Diversification of the African legless skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Family Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182: 107747. SIMILAR SPECIES Skinks Acontias subtaeniatus Acontias lineicauda Acontias albigularis Acontias richardi Acontias lineatus Acontias cregoi Acontias breviceps Acontias occidentalis Acontias meleagris Acontias gracilicauda EXPLORE SKINKS Skinks Trachylepis occidentalis Trachylepis punctatissima Scelotes arenicolus Scelotes fitzsimonsi Trachylepis striata Scelotes mirus Scelotes inornatus Trachylepis variegata Acontias subtaeniatus Acontias lineicauda Scelotes montispectus Acontias albigularis Acontias richardi Scelotes guentheri Typhlosaurus vermis Acontias lineatus Trachylepis boulengeri Scelotes albiventris Cryptoblepharus africanus Trachylepis sparsa Acontias cregoi Trachylepis margaritifer Scelotes anguineus Trachylepis homalocephala Scelotes limpopoensis Panaspis wahlbergii Mochlus sundevallii Trachylepis sulcata Trachylepis spilogaster Acontias breviceps Gary Nicolau
Acontias meleagris Acontias 12 Aug Written By Gary Nicolau View fullsize Acontias meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkKommadagga, Eastern Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau View fullsize Acontias meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkMakhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau View fullsize Acontias cf. meleagris - Cape Legless SkinkVelddrift, Western Cape, South Africa © Gary Kyle Nicolau WORK DONE ON THE SPECIESZHAO, Z., CONRADIE, W., PIETERSEN, D.W., JORDAAN, A., NICOLAU, G.K., EDWARDS, S., RIEKERT, S. & HEIDEMAN, N. 2023. Diversification of the African legless skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Family Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182: 107747. SIMILAR SPECIES Skinks Acontias subtaeniatus Acontias lineicauda Acontias albigularis Acontias richardi Acontias lineatus Acontias cregoi Acontias breviceps Acontias occidentalis Acontias meleagris Acontias gracilicauda EXPLORE SKINKS Skinks Trachylepis occidentalis Trachylepis punctatissima Scelotes arenicolus Scelotes fitzsimonsi Trachylepis striata Scelotes mirus Scelotes inornatus Trachylepis variegata Acontias subtaeniatus Acontias lineicauda Scelotes montispectus Acontias albigularis Acontias richardi Scelotes guentheri Typhlosaurus vermis Acontias lineatus Trachylepis boulengeri Scelotes albiventris Cryptoblepharus africanus Trachylepis sparsa Acontias cregoi Trachylepis margaritifer Scelotes anguineus Trachylepis homalocephala Scelotes limpopoensis Panaspis wahlbergii Mochlus sundevallii Trachylepis sulcata Trachylepis spilogaster Acontias breviceps Gary Nicolau