White-throated Legless Skink

Acontias albigularis

Classification

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae

Acontias albigularis, the white-throated legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is found under flat rocks on the montane grasslands and shrublands of the Mpumalanga escarpment. The species was originally regarded as a population of the shorthead lance skink (also called the shortheaded legless skink, Acontias breviceps).

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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White-throated Legless Skink

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