Southern blind legless skink

The southern blind legless skink or Cuvier's legless skink (Typhlosaurus caecus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Southern blind legless skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Typhlosaurus
Species:
T. caecus
Binomial name
Typhlosaurus caecus
(Cuvier, 1817)

References

  1. Bauer, A.M.; Conradie, W. (2018). "Typhlosaurus caecus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T178449A115660003. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T178449A115660003.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Typhlosaurus caecus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.


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