Acontias fitzsimonsi

Acontias fitzsimonsi, Fitzsimons' legless skink or Fitzsimon's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to South Africa.[1][2]

Acontias fitzsimonsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Acontias
Species:
A. fitzsimonsi
Binomial name
Acontias fitzsimonsi
(Broadley, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlosaurus aurantiacus fitzsimonsi Broadley, 1968
  • Acontias aurantiacus fitzsimonsi — Lamb et al. 2010

References
  1. Bauer, A.M. & Conradie, W. 2018. Acontias fitzsimonsi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T110229440A135264730. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110229440A135264730.en. Downloaded on 07 October 2019.
  2. Acontias fitzsimonsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.


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