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Acontias
Acontias is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family Scincidae) in the African subfamily Acontinae. Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is Acontias plumbeus at approximately snout-vent length. All members of this genus are live-bearing sandswimmers, with fused eyelids. A recent review moved species that were formerly placed in the genera Typhlosaurus, Acontophiops, and Microacontias into this genus, as together these form a single branch in the tree of life. This new concept of Acontias is a sister lineage to Typhlosaurus, and these two genera are the only

Giant legless skink
species of reptile

Shorthead Lance Skink
species of reptile
Acontias rieppeli
species of reptile

Acontias percivali
species of reptile

Acontias gracilicauda
species of reptile

Cape Legless Skink
species of reptile
Acontias lineatus
species of reptile
Acontias kgalagadi
species of reptile
Acontias orientalis
species of reptile
Acontias cregoi
species of reptile
Acontias jappi
species of reptile

Acontias occidentalis
species of reptile
Acontias bicolor
species of reptile
Acontias namaquensis
species of reptile
Acontias aurantiacus
species of reptile
Acontias richardi
species of reptile
Acontias gariepensis
species of reptile
Acontias schmitzi
species of reptile