Typhlacontias
| Typhlacontias | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Typhlacontias Bocage, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Typhlacontias punctatissimus Bocage, 1873 | |
Typhlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.[1]
Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid:[2]
- Typhlacontias brevipes V. FitzSimons, 1938
- Typhlacontias gracilis Roux, 1907
- Typhlacontias johnsonii Andersson, 1916
- Typhlacontias kataviensis Broadley, 2006
- Typhlacontias punctatissimus Bocage, 1873
- Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923
- Typhlacontias rudebecki Haacke, 1997
References
- 1 2 Whiting, Alison S.; Aaron M. Bauer; Jack W. Sites Jr. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (3): 582–598. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00142-8.
- 1 2 Typhlacontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2016.
Further reading
- Bocage JVB ("1872" [1873]). "Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur quelques Reptiles et Batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d'Afrique occidentale ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 4: 209-227. (Typhlacontias, new genus, p. 213). (in French).
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