Species

Typhlacontias punctatissimus

Typhlacontias punctatissimus · described by BOCAGE 1873

Shingleback Skink, a close relative of Typhlacontias punctatissimus

Pictured: Shingleback Skink, a close relative from the same family. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Bäras, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Typhlacontias punctatissimus
First described
BOCAGE 1873
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Typhlacontias
Subspecies
  • Typhlacontias punctatissimus punctatissimus BOCAGE 1873
  • Typhlacontias punctatissimus bogerti LAURENT 1964
  • Typhlacontias punctatissimus brainei HAACKE 1997

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree