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Short Blind Dart Skink

Typhlacontias brevipes

Classification

Family
Scincidae

Typhlacontias brevipes, also known as FitzSimon's [sic] burrowing skink or short blind dart skink, is a species of skink endemic to the Namib Desert (Namibia). It was described by Vivian FitzSimons in 1938. Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin words brevis, -e = short and pes, pedis = foot.

Distribution

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