Haacke WD 1997. Systematics and biogeography of the southern African scincine genus Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 473 139-163… Typhlacontias is one of several fossorial skink genera of southern Africa, which are limbless or … revision six species, one with three subspecies, are recognised. The confused description of T. punctatissimus (Bocage, 1895) which has previously been addressed by Andersson (1916), is … as T. brevipes FitzSimons, are each treated as full species. Keywords: Reptilia, Scincidae, Typhlacontias , new species and subspecies, systematics, biogeography, southern Africa, Namib …
Citizen Science projects: Atlas of reptiles - non-snakes.… vermis ; Skink, Brain's Blind Legless - Typhlosaurus braini ; Skink, Braine's Burrowing - Typhlacontias punctatissimus brainei ; Skink, Cape - Trachylepis capensis ; Skink, Chimba - Trachylepis … - Trachylepis damarana ; Skink, Hoesch's - Trachylepis hoeschi ; Skink, Johnson's Burrowing - Typhlacontias johnsonii ; Skink, Kalahari Burrowing - Typhlacontias rohani ; Skink, Kalahari …