Acontias cregoi

Acontias cregoi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Acontidae
Genus:	Acontias
Species:	A. cregoi
Binomial name
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger, 1903)
Synonyms [2]
Typhlosaurus cregoi Boulenger, 1903 Acontias cregoi — Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010

Acontias cregoi, commonly known as Cregoe's legless skink, Cregoi's blind legless skink, and Cregoi's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, cregoi, is in honor of John P. Cregoe who presented the holotype to the British Museum. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. cregoi is grassland, at altitudes of 650–1,700 m (2,130–5,580 ft). ^[1]

Description

The holotype of A. cregoi has a total length of 15 cm (6 inches), which includes a tail 2.5 cm (1 inch) long. ^[4]

Reproduction

A. cregoi is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Bauer, A.M. [in French]; Conradie, W. (2018). "Acontias cregoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T44960195A115668549. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44960195A115668549.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Acontias cregoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlosaurus cregoi, p. 61).
4. Boulenger GA (1903).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1903). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series12: 429–435. (Typhlosaurus cregoi, new species, pp. 434–435).