Acontias lineatus orangensis Hewitt, 1938

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 26

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scientific name	Acontias lineatus orangensis Hewitt, 1938
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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 26:47.

Current name: Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879

Lectotype: PEM R4440 View Materials (formerly AMG 2210 View Materials ); Kakamas, Northern Cape Province, South Africa; Miss H.C. Oliver, date unknown.

Parolectotype: PEM R4441 View Materials (formerly AMG 2210 View Materials ) ; same details as lectotype.

Remarks. Broadley & Greer (1969) confusingly noted (p. 24): “AM 2210 (2, one lectotype here nominated), but failed to give further details to distinguish which of the two specimens was nominated. Fortunately one specimen (now PEM R4441) has a label in D.G. Broadley’s handwriting (16 March 1968) noting it as the lectotype. Broadley & Greer (1969) considered it a junior synonym of Acontias lineatus lineatus Peters, 1879 (which is now a binomial, following the elevation of the subspecies A. l. grayi Boulenger 1887 and A. l. tristis Werner 1911 to specific status by Lamb et al. 2010). An additional non-type specimen from Hopetown (PEM R4442, formerly AM 2175) is mentioned in the description. All specimens are in perfect condition, except that the tail of the Hopetown specimen is partly severed.