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Name - Acontias meleagris

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:279367 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Species

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Animalia (Kingdom)
Chordata (Phylum)
Vertebrata (Subphylum)
Reptilia (Class)
Lepidosauria (Subclass)
Squamata (Order)
Sauria (Suborder)
Scincidae (Family)

References

Recent Publications

  • Scincidae: Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) Cape legless skink.
  • Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758): Cape legless lizard: predation/defense.
  • Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae).
  • Tracking the impact of Pliocene/Pleistocene sea level and climatic oscillations on the cladogenesis of the Cape legless skink, Acontias meleagris species complex, in South Africa.
  • A comparative analysis of testicular sperm morphology in fossorial and surface-living skinks in South Africa.

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