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Bibliography of the genus
Acontias (Greater Legless Skinks)
(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)
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Acontias in general
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Branch, W.R.; Haagner, G.V. 1999. Psammophis brevirostris and Acontias sp: the value of road kills. African Herp News 30: 37-38.
Broadley, D.G.; Greer, A.E. 1969. A revision of the genus Acontias Cuvier (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 4(26): 1-29.
Daniels, S.R.; Heideman, N.; Hendricks, M.; Willson, B. 2002. A molecular phylogeny for the South African limbless lizard taxa of the subfamily Acontinae (Sauria: Scincidae) with special emphasis on relationships within Acontias. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24(2): 315-323.
Daniels, S.R.; Heideman, N.J.L.; Hendricks, M.G.J. 2009. Examination of evolutionary relationships in the Cape fossorial skink species complex (Acontinae: Acontias meleagris meleagris) reveals the presence of five cryptic lineages. Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 449-463.
Daniels, S.R.; Heideman, N.J.L.; Hendricks, M.G.J.; Mokone, M.E.; Crandall, K.A. 2005. Unraveling evolutionary lineages in the limbless fossorial skink genus Acontias (Sauria: Scincidae): are subspecies equivalent systematic units? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(3): 645-654.
Heideman, N.J.L.; Daniels, S.R.; Mashinini, P.L.; Mokone, M.E.; Thibedi, M.L.; Hendricks, M.G.J.; Wilson, B.A.; Douglas, R.M. 2008. Sexual dimorphism in the African legless skink subfamily Acontiinae (Reptilia: Scincidae). African Zoology 43(2): 192-201.
Merwe, N.J. van der 1942. Bydrae tot ons kennis van die lewenswyse van die akkedis Acontias. Tydskr. Wet. Runs, Bloemfontein, N.R. 8(1): 37-39.
Pietersen, D.W.; Scholtz, C.H.; Bastos, A.D.S. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny of southern African Acontias aurantiacus (Peters) subspecies (Scincidae: Acontinae) confirms the presence of three genetically, geographically and morphologically discrete taxa. Zootaxa 4442(3): 427–440.
Rieppel, O. 1981. The skull and the jaw adductor musculature in some burrowing scincomorph lizards of the genera Acontias, Typhlosaurus and Feylinia. Journal of Zoology (London) 195(4): 493-528.
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Acontias albigularis
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Conradie, W.; Busschau, T.; Edwards, S. 2018. Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa 4429(1): 89–106.
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Acontias aurantiacus
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Branch, W.R.; Kyle, S. 2005. Mehelya nyassae (Günther, 1888). Black File Snake. Diet. African Herp News 38: 24-25.
Pietersen, D.W.; Scholtz, C.H.; Bastos, A.D.S. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny of southern African Acontias aurantiacus (Peters) subspecies (Scincidae: Acontinae) confirms the presence of three genetically, geographically and morphologically discrete taxa. Zootaxa 4442(3): 427–440.
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Acontias bazarutoensis
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Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(35): 469-493.
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Acontias bicolor
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Tasman, K.R. 1957. Less known lizards. Proceedings Trans. Rhod. Scient. Assoc. 45: 27-45.
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Acontias breviceps
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Essex, R. 1925. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Acontias and notes on some other lizards found in the Cape Province. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 332-342.
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Acontias carolinensis
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Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(35): 469-493.
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Acontias cregoi
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Moch, J.G.; Senter, P. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 274-280.
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Acontias fitzsimonsi
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Broadley, D.G. 1968. A revision of the African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 3(36): 1-20.
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Acontias gariepensis
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FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.
Huey, R.B.; Pianka, E.R. 1974. Ecological character displacement in a lizard. American Zoologist 14(4): 1127-1136.
Kim, Y.J.; Gorman, G.C.; Huey, R.B. 1978. Genetic variation and differentiation in two species of the fossorial African skink Typhlosaurus (Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetologica 34(2): 192-194.
Pianka, E.R.; Huey, R.B.; Lawlor, L.R. 1979. Niche segregation in desert lizards. pp. 67-115. In: Horn, D.J.; Stairs, G.R. & Mitchell, R.D. (eds.). Analysis of ecological systems. Ohio State University Press, Columbus. 312 pp.
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Acontias gracilicauda
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Daniels, S.R.; Hendricks, M.G.J.; Heideman, N.J.L.; Wilson, B.A. 1999. Geographical distribution: Acontias gracilicauda gracilicauda Essex 1925. Thin-tailed Legless Skink. South Africa: Free State. African Herp News 29: 43.
Essex, R. 1925. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Acontias and notes on some other lizards found in the Cape Province. Records of the Albany Museum (Grahamstown) 3(4): 332-342.
Essex, R. 1928. A note on three burrowing reptiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 1: 268-270.
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Acontias jappi
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Broadley, D.G. 1968. A revision of the African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 3(36): 1-20.
Schneider, V.; Bauer, A.M. 2009. Typhlosaurus jappi Broadley, 1968, a valid species of acontine skink. African Journal of Herpetology 58(1): 56-58.
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Acontias kgalagadi
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Bates, M.F. 1988. Typhlosaurus lineatus lineatus (Boulenger, 1887). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 50.
Brain, C.K. 1959. Notes on the breeding of the South African skink, Typhlosaurus lineatus Boulenger. Copeia 1959: 70-71.
Broadley, D.G. 1968. A revision of the African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae). Arnoldia Rhodesia 3(36): 1-20.
Conradie, W.; Bourquin, S. 2013. Geographic distribution: Acontias kgalagadi kgalagadi (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010). Striped Legless Skink. African Herp News 60: 29-30.
FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.
Lamb, T.; Biswas, S.; Bauer, A.M. 2010. A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly. Zootaxa 2657: 33-46.
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Acontias lineatus
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Bates, M.F. 1993. Acontias lineatus lineatus. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 41.
FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.
Goldberg, S.R. 2006. Reproductive cycle of the striped legless skink, Typhlosaurus lineatus (Squamata: Scincidae) from Southern Africa. Herpetological Bulletin 98: 26-28.
Hewitt, J. 1938. Descriptions of new forms of the genus Acontias Linn. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 26: 39-48.
Huey, R.B.; Pianka, E.R. 1974. Ecological character displacement in a lizard. American Zoologist 14(4): 1127-1136.
Kim, Y.J.; Gorman, G.C.; Huey, R.B. 1978. Genetic variation and differentiation in two species of the fossorial African skink Typhlosaurus (Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetologica 34(2): 192-194.
Moch, J.G.; Senter, P. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 274-280.
Pianka, E.R.; Huey, R.B.; Lawlor, L.R. 1979. Niche segregation in desert lizards. pp. 67-115. In: Horn, D.J.; Stairs, G.R. & Mitchell, R.D. (eds.). Analysis of ecological systems. Ohio State University Press, Columbus. 312 pp.
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Acontias litoralis
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Maritz, B. 2009. Natural history notes: Microacontias litoralis (Coastal Legless Skink). Copulation. Herpetological Review 40(2): 223.
Mashinini, L. 2010. Natural history notes: Microacontias litoralis Broadley & Greer, 1969. coastal legless lizard. Maximum size. African Herp News 51: 15.
Mashinini, P.L.; Heideman, N.J.L.; Mouton, R. le F.N. 2008. Analysis of intraspecific colour variation in the fossorial coastal legless lizard, Microacontias litoralis (Scincidae: Acontiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 57(2): 115-122.
Mashinini, P.L.; Heideman, N.J.L.; Mouton, R. le F.N. 2011. On some ecological aspects of the Coastal Legless Lizard Acontias litoralis (Scincidae: Acontinae). African Herp News 53: 16-21.
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Acontias meleagris
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Brock, G.T. 1941. The skull of Acontias meleagris, with a study of the affinities between lizards and snakes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 41: 71-88.
Cordes, I.G.; Mouton, P. le F.N. 1996. The conservation status of the Saldanha-Langebaan lizard fauna. Koedoe 39(1): 71-83.
Els, J. 2006. Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758). Cape Legless Skink. African Herp News 40: 18.
Girard, F. 2002. Acontias meleagris meleagris Linnaeus, 1758. Cape Legless Skink. Distribution. African Herp News 34: 30.
Haagner, G.V. 1992. Acontias meleagris meleagris. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 41.
Leonard, C.J. 1989. Locomotion of the limbless skink Acontias meleagris. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 36(1): 73.
Mashinini, L. 2007. Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758). Cape Legless Lizard. Predation/defense. African Herp News 43: 21.
Moch, J.G.; Senter, P. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 274-280.
Withers, P.C. 1981. Physiological correlates of limblessness and fossoriality in scincid lizards. Copeia 1981(1): 197-204.
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Acontias namaquensis
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Branch, W.R.; Maritz, B. 2010. Geographical distribution: Acontias namaquensis Hewitt, 1938. Namaqua Legless Skink. South Africa: Northern Cape Province. African Herp News 51: 28-29.
Hewitt, J. 1938. Descriptions of new forms of the genus Acontias Linn. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 26: 39-48.
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Acontias occidentalis
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FitzSimons, V. 1941. Descriptions of some new lizards from South Africa and a frog from Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(3): 273-281.
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Acontias orientalis
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Branch, W.R. 1991. Acontias percivali tasmani. Size and predation. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 23.
Hewitt, J. 1938. Descriptions of new forms of the genus Acontias Linn. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 26: 39-48.
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Acontias parietalis
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Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(35): 469-493.
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Acontias percivali
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FitzSimons, V. 1956. Lacertilia, Scincidae: Acontias plumbeus broadleyi subsp. nov. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3(21B): 95-96.
Moch, J.G.; Senter, P. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 274-280.
Vanhooydonck, B.; Boistel, R.; Fernandez, V.; Herrel, A. 2011. Push and bite: trade-offs between burrowing and biting in a burrowing skink (Acontias percivali). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102(1): 91-99.
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Acontias plumbeus
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Branch, W.R. 1992. Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 37.
Broadley, D.G. 1984. An atypical specimen of Acontias plumbeus from Umtentweni. Lammergeyer 32: 52.
Douglas, R.M. 1982. Acontias plumbeus Bianconi (Sauria: Scincidae). Notes on birth and captive care. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 28: 23-24.
Dyrkacz, S. 1975. Notes on the reproduction of some Illinois snakes. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society 10(1-2): 16-17.
Heideman, N.J.L. 1990. The adaptive significance of vertebral form in the pelvic regions of Mabuya capensis and Acontias plumbeus (Reptilia: Scincidae). South African Journal of Zoology 25(2): 109-113.
Heideman, N.J.L. 1992. A comparative morphological study of the axial musculature in the pelvic regions of Acontias plumbeus and Mabuya capensis (Reptilia: Scincidae), with reference to their respective modes of locomotion. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 14-18.
Maritz, B. 2007. Natural history notes: Mehelya nyassae (Black File Snake). Feeding. Herpetological Review 38(3): 341.
Maritz, B.; Breytenbach, L. 2015. Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849, Giant Legless Skinks. Agonistic behaviour. African Herp News 62: 30-31.
Patterson, R.W. 1975. Notes on the reproduction and captive care of Acontias plumbeus Bianconi (Sauria: Scincidae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 13: 9-10.
Rose, W. 1961. Some notes on lizards. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 15(1): 14.
Tasman, K.R. 1957. Less known lizards. Proceedings Trans. Rhod. Scient. Assoc. 45: 27-45.
Warner, J.K. 2011. Natural history notes: Naja melanoleuca (Forest Cobra). Diet and foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 42(2): 295.
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Acontias poecilus
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Bourquin, O.; Lambiris, A.J.L. 1996. A new species of Acontias Cuvier (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(17): 223-227.
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Acontias richardi
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Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1987. A new subspecies of Typhlosaurus lineatus Boulenger 1887 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Venda, southern Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 22(4): 318-320.
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Acontias rieppeli
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Lamb, T.; Biswas, S.; Bauer, A.M. 2010. A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly. Zootaxa 2657: 33-46.
Rieppel, O. 1982. The phylogenetic relationships of the genus Acontophiops Sternfeld (Sauria: Scincidae), with a note on mosaic evolution. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33(12): 241-257.
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Acontias schmitzi
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Pietersen, D.W.; Pietersen, E.W.; Conradie, W. 2015. Preliminary herpetological survey of Ngonye Falls and surrounding regions in south-western Zambia . Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 11(1)(Special Section): 24–43.
Wagner, P.; Broadley, D.G.; Bauer, A.M. 2012. A new acontine skink from Zambia (Scincidae: Acontias Cuvier, 1817). Journal of Herpetology 46(4): 494-502.
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Acontias wakkerstroomensis
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Conradie, W.; Busschau, T.; Edwards, S. 2018. Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa 4429(1): 89–106.
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