  :for other uses, see acontias (disambiguation). acontias is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family scincidae) in the african subfamily acontinae.branch 2004. 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 genera within the subfamily acontinae. ==species== these 21 species are recognized:the reptile database. www.reptile-database.org. * acontias aurantiacus (w. peters, 1854) * acontias bicolor (hewitt, 1929) * acontias breviceps essex, 1925 â shorthead lance skink * acontias cregoi (boulenger, 1903) * acontias gariepensis (v. fitzsimons, 1941) * acontias gracilicauda essex, 1925 * acontias jappi (broadley, 1968) * acontias kgalagadi (lamb, biswas & bauer, 2010) * acontias lineatus w. peters, 1879 * acontias litoralis broadley & greer, 1969 * acontias meleagris (linnaeus, 1758) â cape legless skink * acontias namaquensis hewitt, 1938 *acontias occidentalis v. fitzsimons, 1941 * acontias orientalis hewitt, 1938 * acontias percivali loveridge, 1935 â
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