Typhlosaurus is a genus of , one of a number of Genus of limbless lizards in the skink family (Scincidae). In 2010 this group was revised, and most species formerly attributed to Typhlosaurus were placed in the genus Acontias.
Species
Five species are recognized as being valid.
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Typhlosaurus braini Haacke, 1964 – Haacke's legless skink, Brain's legless skink, Brain's blind legless skink
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Typhlosaurus caecus (Georges Cuvier, 1817) – southern blind legless skink, Cuvier's legless skink
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Typhlosaurus lomiae Haacke, 1986 – Lomi's blind legless skink
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Typhlosaurus meyeri Oskar Boettger, 1894 – Meyer's blind legless skink, variable blind legless skink
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Typhlosaurus vermis Boulenger, 1887 – Boulenger's legless skink, pink blind legless skink
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Typhlosaurus.
Further reading
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Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Genus Typhlosaurus, p. 432).
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Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Typhlosaurus, p. 135).
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Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus Typhlosaurus, p. 303).
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Wiegmann AFA (1834). Herpetologia Mexicana, seu descriptio amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae, quae itineribus comitis de Sack, Ferdinandi Deppe et Chr. Guil. Schiede in Museum Zoologicum Berolinense pervenerunt. Pars prima, saurorum species amplectens. Adiecto systematis saurorum prodromo, additisque multis in hunc amphibiorum ordinem observationibus. Berlin: C.G. Lüderitz. vi + 54 pp. + Plates I–X. ( Typhlosaurus, new genus, p. 54). (in Latin).
