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Pseudoacontias unicolor SAKATA & HIKIDA, 2003

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Scincinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPseudoacontias unicolor SAKATA & HIKIDA 2003
Pseudoacontias unicolor — SCHMITZ et al. 2005 
DistributionMadagascar (Nossi Be = Nosy Bé)

Type locality: near Ambanoro, about 100 m elevation, 13°24’25’’ S, 48°18’11’’ E, Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KUZ R50725 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A Pseudoacontias lacking hind limbs; frontonasal quadrangular; supraocular scales two, first separated from parietal; pretemporal single; interparietal triangular with two slightly longer sides; supralabials five; subocular supralabial as tall as other supralabials; infralabials five; lower eyelid moveable and consisting of two rows of amall scales; mid-body scale rows 30; presacral vertebrae 81. 
CommentOnly known from a single specimen.

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
References
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Sakata, S. & Hikida, T. 2003. A new fossorial scincine lizard of the genus Pseudoacontias (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Nosy Be, Madagascar. Amphibia-Reptilia 24 (1): 57-64 - get paper here
  • Schmitz, A.; M.C. Brandley; P. Mausfeld; M. Vences; F. Glaw; R.A. Nussbaum and T.W. Reeder 2005. Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily “Scincinae”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 118–133 (published online 2004) - get paper here
 
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