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Günther's Dwarf Burrowing Skink
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Günther's Dwarf Burrowing Skink

Scelotes guentheri

Günther's dwarf burrowing skink or Günther's burrowing skink (Scelotes guentheri) was a species of skink in the family Scincidae. S. guentheri was endemic to Natal, South Africa. Limbs are greatly reduced: forelimbs are entirely lost and the hind limbs retain only two digits.

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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 37688.