Russell's Legless Skink

Barkudia melanosticta commonly known as Visakhapatnam limbless skink or Russell's legless skink is a skink endemic to Vishakapatnam region of Circar Coast, in Andhra Pradesh state of southeastern India. One of the foremost of Indian reptiles collected during the days of Patrick Russell in 1790s, this species' type specimen was considered lost. Later its taxonomy was fixed by redescribing recent collections dating between 1950s-80s by professors of Andhra University, Waltair from their campus, and deposited in the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata, India (fide I.

Barkudia melanosticta est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Scincidae. Répartition Cette espèce est endémique des régions côtières de l'État d'Andhra Pradesh en Inde. Publication originale Schneider, 1801 : Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae.

Barkudia es un género de lagartos de la familia Scincidae endémicos de la India. No tienen patas y son fosoriales. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes dos especies:​ Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917 - Orissa, India.