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Boulenger's Legless Skink
Typhlosaurus vermis
The pink blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus vermis), commonly known as Boulenger's blind legless skink or Boulenger's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.
From the article Pink blind legless skink on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults of T. vermis usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in), which is long for the genus. Boulenger described the rostral and mental as "enormous", and the body scales as "tetragonal". The body color is fleshy pink.
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. vermis is coastal sand dunes with sparse vegetation, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 37703.