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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Nessia burtonii, commonly known as Burton's nessia, [1] [2] Gray's snake skink, [3] or the three-toed snakeskink, [4] is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka .
Burton's legless lizard and the golden-tailed gecko. 5: 5 "Woodland" Ed Watkins: October 2, 2020 () A chipmunk hustles to make it through a year in the forest, while ...
The largest legless lizard this family is the common scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) with a length of 70 cm (28 in), [129] a SVL of 24 cm (9.4 in) [130] with a weight of 225.95 g (7.970 oz) [131] and also the largest legless lizard in Australia [129] and biggest in the world overall, if don't counts some members the family Anguidae.
Three species have been named in Burton's honour: a bird, the spectacled finch (Callacanthis burtoni); [13] [14] and two lizards, Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) and Burton's nessia (Nessia burtonii). [15] A fourth species may have been named in his honour: a mammal, Burton's gerbil (Gerbillus burtoni). [7]
The scaly-foot is snake-like in appearance, up to 80 cm in length with a noticeable "keel" or ridge on the top. Variable in colours and pattern, it occasionally is grey with black spots or [1] sometimes coppery brown with a grey tail.