Meyer's blind legless skink
| Meyer's blind legless skink | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Acontidae |
| Genus: | Typhlosaurus |
| Species: | T. meyeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlosaurus meyeri Boettger, 1894 | |
Meyer's blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus meyeri), also commonly known as the variable blind legless skink, is a lizard species in the subfamily Acontinae, family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name meyeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer.[2]: 177
Geographic range
T. meyeri is found in Namibia and South Africa.[1]
References
- ^ a b Typhlosaurus meyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.