| Acontias cregoi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Acontias |
| Species: | A. cregoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acontias cregoi (Boulenger, 1903) | |
| Synonyms | |
Acontias cregoi, commonly known as Cregoe's legless skink, Cregoi's blind legless skink, and Cregoi's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, cregoi, is in honor of John P. Cregoe who presented the holotype to the British Museum.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. cregoi is grassland, at altitudes of 650–1,700 m (2,130–5,580 ft).
Description
The holotype of A. cregoi has a total length of 15 cm (6 inches), which includes a tail 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.
Reproduction
A. cregoi is viviparous.
References
- ^ Bauer, A.M. ; Conradie, W. (2018). "Acontias cregoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T44960195A115668549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T44960195A115668549.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Acontias cregoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlosaurus cregoi, p. 61).
- Boulenger GA (1903).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1903). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 12: 429–435. (Typhlosaurus cregoi, new species, pp. 434–435).
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