Two new legless lizard species from the genus Acontias from the Mpumalanga Escarpment were recently described by Werner Conradie and colleagues. These species live under rocks in mountain grasslands and feed on termites. Type material is deposited at Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth.
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Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa.
Conradie, W., Busschau, T., Edwards, S. (2018) Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa 4429, 89-106.
Acontias albigularis, photo by Werner Conradie.