Paracontias hildebrandti

Paracontias hildebrandti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Paracontias
Species:	P. hildebrandti
Binomial name
	Paracontias hildebrandti; (W. Peters, 1880)
Synonyms
	Acontias hildebrandti; W. Peters, 1880; Malacontias hildebrandti; — Greer, 1970; Paracontias hildebrandti; — Brygoo, 1980;

Last updated March 08, 2024

Paracontias hildebrandti, also known commonly as Hildebrand's skink and Hildebrandt's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hildebrandti, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.^[3]

Geographic range

P. hildebrandti is found in northern Madagascar, including the island of Nosy Be.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. hildebrandti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft), but it may also be found in disturbed areas such as cacao plantations.^[1]

Description

P. hildebrandti has no legs, and it has no external ear openings.^[2]

Reproduction

P. hildebrandti is oviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 3 Rakotondravony, H.; Vences, M. (2011). "Paracontias hildebrandti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172764A6913540. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172764A6913540.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 Paracontias hildebrandti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ 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. (Paracontias hildebrandti, p. 123).

Brygoo E-R (1980). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. III. les 'Acontias' de Madagascar. Pseudacontias Barboza du Bocage 1899, Paracontias Mocquard 1894, Pseudacontias Hewitt 1929, et Malacontias Greer 1970. IV. Amphiglossus reticulatus (Kaudern 1922)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4ème série – section A – Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales2 (3): 905–918. (Paracontias hildebrandti, new combination). (in French).
Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
Greer AE (1970). "A Subfamilial Classification of Scincid Lizards". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University139 (3): 151–184. (Malacontias hildebrandti, new combination, p. 167).
Peters W (1880). "Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt auf Nossi-Bé und Madagascar gasammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin1880: 508–511. (Acontias hildebrandti, new species, p. 510). (in German and Latin).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Rakotondravony, H.; Vences, M. (2011). "Paracontias hildebrandti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172764A6913540. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172764A6913540.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Paracontias hildebrandti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.

[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. (Paracontias hildebrandti, p. 123).

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