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Acontias plumbeus (Giant 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 plumbeus (Giant legless skink) Acontias plumbeus (Giant legless skink)
Acontias plumbeus, KwaZulu-Natal. [photo Maritz B. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum] Acontias plumbeus, Mpumalanga. [photo Douglas M. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]