Acontias gracilicauda
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Acontias gracilicauda, the Slendertail Lance Skink, is a species of skink
found in the Republic of South Africa. Specifically, its range
is Little Namaqualand, E. Cape and S. Transvaal
. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae.
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
found in the Republic of South Africa. Specifically, its range
Range (biology)
In biology, the range or distribution of a species is the geographical area within which that species can be found. Within that range, dispersion is variation in local density.The term is often qualified:...
is Little Namaqualand, E. Cape and S. Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae.
Further reading
- Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. (2003). The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8:111-160 [2001]
- Essex, R. 1925. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Acontias and notes on some other lizards found in the Cape Province. Rec. Albany Mus. 3: 332-342.