Haacke WD 1997. Systematics and biogeography of the southern African scincine genus Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 473 139-163… Typhlacontias is one of several fossorial skink genera of southern Africa, which are limbless or … revision six species, one with three subspecies, are recognised. The confused description of T. punctatissimus (Bocage, 1895) which has previously been addressed by Andersson (1916), is … discussed. T. bogerti Laurent is relegated to subspecies level of above species and T. p. brainei is described as a new and third subspecies. An apparently new species is recognised as …