Acontias (disambiguation)
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Acontias may refer to:
- AcontiasAcontiasAcontias, the lance skinks, is a genus of limbless skinks in the African subfamily Acontinae. Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is Acontias plumbeus at approximately 40 cm. All members of this genus are live-bearing, sandswimmers with fused eyelids...
, a.k.a. lance skinks, a genus of limbless skinks (family Scincidae) found in Africa. - A taxonomic synonym for AgkistrodonAgkistrodonAgkistrodon is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in North America from the United States south to northern Costa Rica. The name is derived from the Greek words ἄγκιστρον 'fishhook' and ὁδοὐς 'tooth', and is likely a reference to the fangs...
, a genus of venomous pitvipers found in North America from the United States south to northern Costa Rica.