Typhlacontias
Sign in to saveTyphlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae
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Typhlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.
==Species== Seven species are recognized as being valid: Typhlacontias brevipes – FitzSimon's burrowing skink, short blind dart skink Typhlacontias gracilis – Roux's blind dart skink Typhlacontias johnsonii – Johnson's western burrowing skink Typhlacontias kataviensis – Katavi blind dart skink Typhlacontias punctatissimus – dotted blind dart skink, speckled western burrowing skink Typhlacontias rohani – Rohan's blind dart skink Typhlacontias rudebecki – Rudebeck's western burrowing skink
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