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Southern blind legless skink

The southern blind legless skink, also known commonly as Cuvier's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

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Southern blind legless skink
Typhlosaurus caecus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Typhlosaurus
Species:
T. caecus
Binomial name
Typhlosaurus caecus
(Cuvier, 1817)
Synonyms2
  • Acontias caecus
    Cuvier, 1817

The southern blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus caecus), also known commonly as Cuvier's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.2

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