Acontias richardi

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Acontias richardi
Newbery's Legless Skink, Vhembe District Municipality, South Africa imported from iNaturalist photo 457324536.jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Acontidae
Genus: Acontias
Species:
A. richardi
Binomial name
Acontias richardi
(Jacobsen, 1987)
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Acontias richardi, commonly known as Richard's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. [2] It is endemic to South Africa.

References

  1. Conradie, W.; Pietersen, D.; Alexander, G.J.; Weeber, J.; Tolley, K.A.; Bauer, A.M. (2022). "Acontias richardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T44977877A197418044. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T44977877A197418044.en .
  2. Acontias richardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 5 July 2019.