Acontias schmitzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Acontias
Species:

Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer, 2012: 497

Holotype: ZFMK 91579, collected by Jean-Luc Meier between July and August 2000.
Type locality: “Kataba Reserve (15°23.015′S, 23°23.729′E), near Mongu (Western Province, formerly Barotseland), Zambia”.

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. DOI: 10.1670/11-055 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Acontias schmitzi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 October 2018.
Pietersen, D., Conradie, W. & Verburgt, L. 2020. IUCN: Acontias schmitzi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44978126A44978155. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44978126A44978155.en. Accessed on 04 August 2025.