Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. [2] Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards", [3] "flap-footed lizards" [4] and "snake-lizards". [5] This species is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. [6]
Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: ... Lialis is a genus of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae.
Legless lizards: Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) - Iguania: Family Common Names Example Species Example Photo Agamidae Spix, 1825: Agamas: Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825: Chameleons: Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) Corytophanidae Frost & Etheridge, 1989: Casquehead lizards: Plumed basilisk ...
Predators of the hooded scaly-foot include: raptors, elapid snakes, goannas, feral cats, and foxes. Burton's snake lizard (Lialis burtonis) is also known to eat legless lizards. In all cases, legless lizards are a minor component of the predator's diet. [7]
Legless lizards: Burton's legless-lizard (Lialis burtonis) Agamidae: dragon lizards: Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) Varanidae: Monitors or goannas: Lace monitor (Varanus varius) Scincidae: Skinks: Western blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua occipitalis) Typhlopidae: Blind snakes: Proximus blind snake (Ramphotyphlops proximus) - Pythonidae: Pythons
Pygopodidae, commonly known as snake-lizards, or flap-footed lizards, are a family of legless lizards with reduced or absent limbs, and are a type of gecko. [2] The 47 species are placed in two subfamilies and eight genera. They have unusually long, slender bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes.
Ophiodes – a genus of legless lizard native to South America, nested within the otherwise legged galliwasps (Diploglossidae). Gymnophthalmidae – a large neotropical family containing many species with reduced limbs, the most extreme being the 23 species in the genus Bachia , which escape by making sudden saltatory "figure-8" flicks with the ...
Gray's legless lizard: Delma grayii: Burton's legless lizard: Lialis burtonis: Spiny-palmed snake-eyed skink: Cryptoblepharus carnabyi: West Coast ctenotus: Ctenotus fallens: King's skink: Egernia kingii: Spiny-tailed skink: Egernia stokesii stokesii: South-western four-toed lerista: Lerista distinguenda: West Coast four-toed lerista: Lerista ...