Scolecoseps acontias
Scolecoseps acontias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Scolecoseps |
Species: | S. acontias
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Binomial name | |
Scolecoseps acontias (F. Werner, 1913)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Scolecoseps acontias, also known
Geographic range
S. acontias is found in eastern coastal Tanzania.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of S. acontias are shrubland and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft).[1]
Reproduction
S. acontias is viviparous.[2]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Scolecoseps acontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
- Broadley DG, Howell KM (1991). "A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys". Syntarsus 1: 1–70. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 15).
- Loveridge A (1942). "Scientific Results of a Fourth Expedition to Forested Areas in East and Central Africa. IV. Reptiles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91 (1): 237–373. (Scolecoseps acontias, new combination, p. 359).
- ISBN 978-1472935618. (Scolecoseps acontias, p. 177).
- Werner F (1913). "Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg ". Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 30: 1–51. (Melanoseps acontias, new species, p. 19). (in German).