Scolecoseps acontias

Scolecoseps acontias
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Scolecoseps
Species:	S. acontias
Binomial name
Scolecoseps acontias (F. Werner, 1913)
Synonyms [2]
Melanoseps acontias F. Werner, 1913 Scolecoseps acontias — Loveridge, 1942

Scolecoseps acontias, also known commonly as the sandy limbless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. ^[2]

Geographic range

S. acontias is found in eastern coastal Tanzania. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of S. acontias are shrubland and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

S. acontias is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Menegon, M.; Spawls, S.; Malonza, P.; Msuya, C.A. (2014). "Scolecoseps acontias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T178374A46112517. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T178374A46112517.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Scolecoseps acontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

• Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus1: 1–70. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 15).
• Loveridge A (1942). "Scientific Results of a Fourth Expedition to Forested Areas in East and Central Africa. IV. Reptiles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College91 (1): 237–373. (Scolecoseps acontias, new combination, p. 359).
• Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural Histury. 624 pp. ISBN   978-1472935618. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 177).
• Werner F (1913). "Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut30: 1–51. (Melanoseps acontias, new species, p. 19). (in German).