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Linnaeus' Lance Skink

Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acontias meleagris meleagris
Subspecies recognized by NCBI
Acontias meleagris
Species recognized by wikipedia VI, Brazil Species List, Central African Republic Species List, South Africa Species List, wikipedia EU, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, NCBI, and Hone et al 2013
Acontias meleagris
Recognized by CalPhotos
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Acontias meleagris Linnaeus 1758
Recognized by ReptileDB
Acontias meleagris
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Global Biotic Interactions, and iNaturalist data coverage
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Acontias meleagris meleagris Fitzsimons 1943
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Anguis meleagris Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Acontias meleagris meleagris Fitzsimons 1943
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Acontias meleagris
Synonym according to ReptileDB, ReptileDB, ReptileDB, and ReptileDB
Anguis meleagris Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Anguis Meleagris Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to ReptileDB
Anguis meleagris Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Linnaeus' Lance Skink preferred
Recognized by ReptileDB
Linneaus' lance skink
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Curated hierarchies for Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Acontias Cuvier 1817
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters 1854)
Acontias bicolor (Hewitt 1929)
Acontias breviceps Essex 1925
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger 1903)
Acontias fitzsimonsi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons 1941)
Acontias gracilicauda Essex 1925
Acontias grayi Boulenger 1887
Acontias jappi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias kgalagadi (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias lineatus Peters 1879
Acontias litoralis Broadley & Greer 1969
Acontias namaquensis Hewitt 1938
Acontias occidentalis Fitzsimons 1941
Acontias orientalis Hewitt 1938
Acontias parietalis (Broadley 1990)
Acontias percivali Loveridge 1935
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849
Acontias richardi (Jacobsen 1987)
Acontias rieppeli (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer 2012
Acontias tristis Werner 1910
Acontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Acontinae
Acontias
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters 1854)
Acontias bicolor (Hewitt 1929)
Acontias breviceps Essex 1925
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger 1903)
Acontias fitzsimonsi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons 1941)
Acontias gracilicauda Essex 1925
Acontias grayi Boulenger 1887
Acontias jappi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias kgalagadi Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010
Acontias lineatus Peters 1879
Acontias litoralis Broadley & Greer 1969
Acontias namaquensis Hewitt 1938
Acontias occidentalis Fitzsimons 1941
Acontias orientalis Hewitt 1937
Acontias parietalis (Broadley 1990)
Acontias percivali Loveridge 1935
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849
Acontias richardi (Jacobsen 1987)
Acontias rieppeli (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer 2012
Acontias subtaeniatus (Broadley 1968)
Acontias tristis Werner 1910
Acontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae
Acontias
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters 1854)
Acontias bicolor (Hewitt 1929)
Acontias breviceps Essex 1925
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger 1903)
Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons 1941)
Acontias gracilicauda Essex 1925
Acontias jappi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias kgalagadi (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias lineatus Peters 1879
Acontias litoralis Broadley & Greer 1969
Acontias namaquensis Hewitt 1938
Acontias occidentalis Fitzsimons 1941
Acontias orientalis Hewitt 1938
Acontias percivali Loveridge 1935
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849
Acontias poecilus Bourquin & Lambiris 1996
Acontias richardi (Jacobsen 1987)
Acontias rieppeli (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer 2012
Acontias tristis Werner 1910

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Acontias Cuvier 1817
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Acontias meleagris lineicauda Hewitt 1937
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters 1854)
Acontias bicolor (Hewitt 1929)
Acontias breviceps Essex 1925
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger 1903)
Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons 1941)
Acontias gracilicauda Essex 1925
Acontias jappi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias kgalagadi (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias lineatus Peters 1879
Acontias litoralis Broadley & Greer 1969
Acontias namaquensis Hewitt 1938
Acontias occidentalis Fitzsimons 1941
Acontias orientalis Hewitt 1938
Acontias percivali Loveridge 1935
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849
Acontias poecilus Bourquin & Lambiris 1996
Acontias richardi (Jacobsen 1987)
Acontias rieppeli (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010)
Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer 2012
Acontias tristis Werner 1910

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Autarchoglossa
Scincidae Oppel 1811
Acontiinae Gray 1839
Acontias Cuvier 1817
Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Acontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters 1854)
Acontias bicolor (Hewitt 1929)
Acontias breviceps Essex 1925
Acontias cregoi (Boulenger 1903)
Acontias fitzsimonsi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons 1941)
Acontias gracilicauda Essex 1925
Acontias grayi Boulenger 1887
Acontias jappi (Broadley 1968)
Acontias kgalagadi Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010
Acontias lineatus Peters 1879
Acontias litoralis Broadley & Greer 1969
Acontias namaquensis Hewitt 1937
Acontias occidentalis Fitzsimons 1941
Acontias orientalis Hewitt 1937
Acontias parietalis (Broadley 1990)
Acontias percivali Loveridge 1935
Acontias plumbeus Bianconi 1849
Acontias richardi (Jacobsen 1987)
Acontias rieppeli Lamb, Biswas & Bauer 2010
Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer 2012
Acontias subtaeniatus (Broadley 1968)
Acontias tristis Werner 1910
Acontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards 2018

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Scinciformata
Scincidae
Acontinae
Acontias
Acontias meleagris (this page)
Acontias meleagris meleagris
Acontias aurantiacus
Acontias bicolor
Acontias breviceps
Acontias cregoi
Acontias fitzsimonsi
Acontias gariepensis
Acontias gracilicauda
Acontias jappi
Acontias kgalagadi
Acontias lineatus
Acontias litoralis
Acontias namaquensis
Acontias occidentalis
Acontias orientalis
Acontias parietalis
Acontias percivali
Acontias plumbeus
Acontias poecilus
Acontias richardi
Acontias rieppeli
Acontias tristis
unclassified Acontias

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Bifurcata
Unidentata
Scinciformata
Scincidae
Acontinae
Acontias
Acontias meleagris
Acontias meleagris meleagris (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Eureptilia
Romeriida
Diapsida
Neodiapsida
Sauria
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincogekkonomorpha
Scleroglossa
Scincomorpha
Scincidae
Acontinae
Acontias
Acontias meleagris (this page)
Acontias albigularis
Acontias aurantiacus
Acontias bicolor
Acontias breviceps
Acontias cregoi
Acontias fitzsimonsi
Acontias gariepensis
Acontias gracilicauda
Acontias grayi
Acontias jappi
Acontias kgaladi
Acontias kgalagadi
Acontias lineatus
Acontias lineicauda
Acontias litoralis
Acontias namaquensis
Acontias occidentalis
Acontias orientalis
Acontias parietalis
Acontias percivali
Acontias plumbeus
Acontias poecilus
Acontias richardi
Acontias rieppeli
Acontias schmitzi
Acontias tristis
Acontias wakkerstroomensis
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