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Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Scincidae (skinks) > Genus: Acontias

Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink), Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.  [photo Tyrone Ping ©]

Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink) Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink)
Acontias meleagris, West Coast National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] Acontias meleagris, Western Cape. [photo Dorse C. & van Rooyen S. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink) Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink)
Acontias meleagris, Western Cape. [photo Els J.C. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Acontias meleagris, West Coast National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]
Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink) Acontias meleagris (Cape legless skink)
Acontias meleagris, West Coast National Park, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] Acontias meleagris, Western Cape. [photo Dorse C. & van Rooyen S. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]