Acontias Cuvier 1817 (Lance skinks)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Scincidae
Parent taxon: Scincidae according to N. Frank and E. Ramus 1996
Sister taxa: Aethesia, Aocnodromeus, Axonoscincus, Ayalasaurus, Berruva, Corucia, Egerniinae, Eugongylus, Feylininae, Gekkomimus, Lygosoma, Lygosominae, Oligosoma, Ophiomorus, Orthoscincus, Orthrioscincus, Parotosaurus, Penemabuya, Plestiodon, Sauriscus, Scincinae, Sphenomorphus, Tiliqua, Trachylepis, Verticaria
Subtaxa: Acontias meleagris Acontias percivali Acontias plumbeus
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acontias in the database
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