Acontias


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A`con´ti`as


n. 1. (Zool.) Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The scaffolding in orbitotemporal region changes with the body-plan, presenting reductions of some cartilages in serpentiform skinks like Lygosoma sp., Acontias meleagris and Chalcides sepsoides (Pearson 1921; Bellaris & Kamal 1981).
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