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species formerly attributed to
Typhlosaurus were
placed in the
genus Acontias. As of 2025 the
definition of
Typhlosaurus includes five
attenuate body legless...
- no
pronounced neck and
relatively small legs.
Several genera (e.g.,
Typhlosaurus) have no
limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some...
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genera Acontias, Feylinia, Melanoseps, Paracontias,
Scelotes and
Typhlosaurus from Africa, Lerista, Ophioscincus,
Coeranoscincus and
Anomalopus from...
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recent review moved species that were
formerly placed in the
genera Typhlosaurus, Acontophiops, and
Microacontias into this genus, as
together these form...
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Morphologically the
genus shows similarities to
Acontias cregoi (formerly
Typhlosaurus cregoi) and a
recent review placed both of
these within the
genus Acontias...
- Scincidae. The
subfamily Acontinae contains 2 genera.
Acontias (26 species)
Typhlosaurus (5 species) Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Acontinae". The
Reptile Database...
- G.J. (2022). "
Typhlosaurus lomiae". IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22701A197402216.
Retrieved 30 July 2022.
Typhlosaurus lomiae at the...
- Meyer's
blind legless skink (
Typhlosaurus meyeri), also
known commonly as the
variable blind legless skink, is a
species of
lizard in the
subfamily Acontinae...
- The
southern blind legless skink (
Typhlosaurus caecus), also
known commonly as Cuvier's
legless skink, is a
species of
lizard in the
subfamily Acontinae...
- ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (
Typhlosaurus braini, p. 136 +
Plate 43).
Broadley DG (1968). "A
review of the
African genus Typhlosaurus Wiegmann (Sauria: Scincidae)"...
