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Typhlacontias
Typhlacontias rohani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Scincinae
Genus: Typhlacontias
Bocage, 1873
Type species
Typhlacontias punctatissimus

Bocage, 1873

Typhlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemictoSub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.[1]

Species[edit]

Seven species are recognized as being valid:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Whiting, Alison S.; Aaron M. Bauer [in French]; Jack W. Sites Jr. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (3): 582–598. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00142-8. PMID 14615195.
  • ^ a b Typhlacontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2016.
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