Meyer's blind legless skink
| Meyer's blind legless skink | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Typhlosaurus |
| Species: | T. meyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlosaurus meyeri Boettger, 1894
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Meyer's blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus meyeri), also commonly known as Meyer's legless skink, and the variable blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name meyeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer.[3]: 177
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults of Typhlosaurus meyeri usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in). The maximum recorded SVL is 18.8 cm (7.4 in).[4]
Geographic distribution
[edit | edit source]Typhlosaurus meyeri is found in extreme southwestern Namibia and adjacent extreme northwestern South Africa.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of Typhlosaurus meyeri is sandy desert, at elevations of 50–400 m (160–1,310 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Typhlosaurus meyeri is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Bauer AM, Conradie W, Becker F (2020). "Typhlosaurus meyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44978352A147707716.en. Accessed on 02 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d Typhlosaurus meyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 399 pp. (Typhlosaurus meyeri, p. 138 + Plate 43).
Further reading
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- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Typhlosaurus meyeri, new species). (in German and Latin).
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