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Blind Dart Skinks
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Blind Dart Skinks

Typhlacontias

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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Short Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias brevipes

Rohan's Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias rohani

Dotted Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias punctatissimus

Johnson's Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias johnsonii

Roux's Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias gracilis

Katavi Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias kataviensis

Rudebeck's Blind Dart Skink

speciesTyphlacontias rudebecki

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37363.