The southern blind legless skink or Cuvier's legless skink (''Typhlosaurus caecus'') is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Scincidae. The species is
endemic to South Africa.
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References
Typhlosaurus
Skinks of Africa
Endemic reptiles of South Africa
Reptiles described in 1817
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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