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Barkudia melanosticta commonly known as Visakhapatnam limbless skink or Russell's legless skink is a skink endemic to Vishakapatnam region of Circar Coast, in Andhra Pradesh state of southeastern India. One of the foremost of Indian reptiles collected during the days of Patrick Russell in 1790s, this species' type specimen was considered lost.
Acontias meleagris, or the Cape legless skink, is a species of skink found in the southern Cape of South Africa. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae . [ 2 ]
Acontias is a genus of limbless skinks, the lance skinks, (family Scincidae) in the African subfamily Acontinae. [1] Most are small animals, but the largest member of the genus is Acontias plumbeus at approximately 40 cm (16 in) snout-vent length. [1]
A. albigularis is one of 28 recognized species within the genus Acontias. [5] Of the legless skinks, it is considered to be medium sized. The body is cylindrical, with a rounded, short snout. Coloration is dorsally olive to olive brown, with dark brown or black spotting on the terminal ends of the scales. Ventr
Scincus scincus, also commonly known as the sandfish skink, common sandfish or common skink, is a species of skink notable for its burrowing or swimming behaviour in sand. [2] It is native to the Sahara Desert and the Arabian Peninsula , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but is also kept as a pet elsewhere.
Squamata (/ s k w æ ˈ m eɪ t ə /, Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.With over 12,162 species, [3] it is also the second-largest order of extant (living) vertebrates, after the perciform fish.
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 ...
Acontias plumbeus, the giant legless skink or giant lance skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. [2] It is found in South Africa , Eswatini , Mozambique , and Zimbabwe . Acontias plumbei live in seasonally dry savanna, woodland humus, and forest floor leaf litter throughout South Africa ranging from Eastern Cape to Zimbabwe.