Southern blind legless skink
| Southern blind legless skink | |
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| Typhlosaurus caecus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acontoidea |
| Family: | Acontidae |
| Genus: | Typhlosaurus |
| Species: | T. caecus |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier, 1817) | |
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The southern blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus caecus), also known commonly as Cuvier's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Typhlosaurus caecus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.