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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 ...
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.
How to tell a glass lizard from a snake. There are several physical characteristics that differentiate snakes and legless lizards: Glass lizards in North Carolina have ear openings on the sides of ...
Nearly 1,000 new species were discovered by scientists in 2023, including hundreds of wasps and a legless lizard.
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
Amphisbaenia / æ m f ɪ s ˈ b iː n i ə / (called amphisbaenians or worm lizards) is a group of typically legless lizards, [2] comprising over 200 extant species. Amphisbaenians are characterized by their long bodies, the reduction or loss of the limbs, and rudimentary eyes.
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]