Thin-tailed Legless Skink – Acontias gracilicauda

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Acontias
Species: Acontias gracilicauda Essex, 1925

Other Names:

EN: Slendertail Lance Skink
AF: Dunstert Pootlose Gladde Akkedis

Etymology:

The species name 'gracilicauda' is derived from the Latin: 'gracilis' = slender, thin; and 'cauda' = tail. Referring to the characteristically narrow tail of the species.

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