Acontias namaquensis

Acontias namaquensis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Acontias
Species:	A. namaquensis
Binomial name
	Acontias namaquensis; Hewitt, 1938
Synonyms[2]
	Acontias plumbeus namaquensis Hewitt, 1938 ; Acontias gracilicauda namaquensis — Broadley and Greer, 1969 ; Acontias namaquensis – Lamb et al., 2010; Conradie et al., 2019 ;

Acontias namaquensis, the Namaqua legless skink or Namaqua lance skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Little Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.[1][2]

References

Bauer, A.M. & Conradie, W. 2018. Acontias namaquensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T44975368A115669070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44975368A115669070.en. Downloaded on 08 January 2020.
Acontias namaquensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.

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