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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Typhlosaurus |
Species: | T. caecus
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Binomial name | |
Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier, 1817)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Typhlosaurus caecus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.