Overview
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Typhlosaurus are one of a number of of Skink (family Scincidae), characterized by their lack of limbs.
Classification
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Genus Typhlosaurus
- Typhlosaurus aurantiacus
- Typhlosaurus braini
- Typhlosaurus caecus
- Typhlosaurus cregoi
- Typhlosaurus gariepensis
- Typhlosaurus lineatus
- Typhlosaurus lomii
- Typhlosaurus meyeri
- Typhlosaurus vermis
Taxonomy
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The Genus Typhlosaurus is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species and subspecies in the Genus Typhlosaurus: T. aurantiacus · T. aurantiacus aurantiacus · T. aurantiacus bazarutoensis · T. aurantiacus carolinensis · T. aurantiacus parietalis · T. auranticicus · T. auranticus · T. aurantracus · T. bicolor · T. braini (Haacke's Legless Skink) · T. caecus (Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink) · T. cregoi (Cregoi's Legless Skink) · T. cregoi bicolor · T. cregoi cregoi · T. gariepensis (Fitzsimon's Legless Skink) · T. lineatus (Striped Blind Legless Skink) · T. lineatus jappi · T. lineatus lineatus · T. lomiae (Lomi's Blind Legless Skink) · T. lomii (Lomi's Blind Legless Skink) · T. meyeri (Variable Blind Legless Skink) · T. vermis (Boulenger's Legless Skink)
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