Pseudoacontias
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| Pseudoacontias | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Pseudoacontias Bocage, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudoacontias madagascariensis |
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Pseudoacontias is genus of skinks endemic to Madagascar.[2] They are large, fossorial skinks, measuring at least 200 mm (7.9 in) in snout–vent length. They lack limbs or have greatly reduced limbs.[3][4]
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Pseudoacontias madagascariensis (Bocage, 1889)
- Pseudoacontias angelorum (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Pseudoacontias menamainty (Andreone & Greer, 2002)
- Pseudoacontias unicolor (Sakata & Hikida, 2003)
References
- ↑ Pseudoacontias madagascariensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 April 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pseudoacontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
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