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Acontinae

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2018
2018
Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa.
The African genus of fossorial legless lizards (Acontias Cuvier) currently comprises 26 species and subspecies. In a recent study… 
2018
2018
Multi-locus phylogeny of southern African Acontias aurantiacus (Peters) subspecies (Scincidae: Acontinae) confirms the presence of three genetically, geographically and morphologically discrete taxa.
Acontias aurantiacus (Peters) presently consists of five subspecies that are largely restricted to the coastal regions and… 
2010
2010
A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly
The Acontinae is a well-supported clade of limbless skinks from sub-Saharan Africa for which three fossorial genera⎯Acontias… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Partitioned Bayesian analyses, partition choice, and the phylogenetic relationships of scincid lizards.
Partitioned Bayesian analyses of approximately 2.2 kb of nucleotide sequence data (mtDNA) were used to elucidate phylogenetic… 
2004
2004
Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution within the Family Scincidae
PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION WITHIN THE FAMILY SCINCIDAE Alison Swindle Whiting Department of Integrative Biology… 
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae).
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