Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Acontias
Species: Acontias occidentalis

Name

Holotype: AMG 6064.

Type locality: “Okahandja (Namibia)” designated by Mertens (1955).

Combinations

  • Acontias plumbeus occidentalis FitzSimons, 1941 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Acontias percivali occidentalis — Broadley & Greer, 1969: 20 [subsequent combination]
  • Acontias occidentalis — Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010: 41 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Savanna Legless Skink
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