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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Typhlosaurus (blind legless skinks)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Scincidae (skinks)

Species native to southern Africa

Typhlosaurus aurantiacus (Golden blind legless skink)

 

 

Typhlosaurus braini (Brain's blind legless skink)

 

 

Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier's blind legless skink)

 

Typhlosaurus cregoi (Cregoi's blind legless skink)

 

Typhlosaurus gariepensis (Gariep blind legless skink)

 

 

Typhlosaurus lineatus (Striped blind legless skink)

 

Typhlosaurus lomiae (Lomi's blind legless skink)

 

 

Typhlosaurus meyeri (Meyer's blind legless skink)

 

 

Typhlosaurus vermis (Boulenger's blind legless skink)