Typhlosaurus | |
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Typhlosaurus caecus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Acontinae |
Genus: |
Typhlosaurus Wiegmann, 1834 |
Typhlosaurus is a genus of African lizards, one of a number of genera of limbless lizards in the skink family ( Scincidae). This group was recently revised with most species formerly attributed to Typhlosaurus now placed in Acontias. [1] The current definition of Typhlosaurus includes five attenuate body legless lizards from southwestern Africa ( South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola). This is the sister genus to Acontias, which together form the well supported Afrotropical subfamily Acontinae. [1]
Five species are recognized as being valid. [2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Typhlosaurus.
Typhlosaurus | |
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Typhlosaurus caecus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Acontinae |
Genus: |
Typhlosaurus Wiegmann, 1834 |
Typhlosaurus is a genus of African lizards, one of a number of genera of limbless lizards in the skink family ( Scincidae). This group was recently revised with most species formerly attributed to Typhlosaurus now placed in Acontias. [1] The current definition of Typhlosaurus includes five attenuate body legless lizards from southwestern Africa ( South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola). This is the sister genus to Acontias, which together form the well supported Afrotropical subfamily Acontinae. [1]
Five species are recognized as being valid. [2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Typhlosaurus.