Barkudia melanosticta

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Barkudia melanosticta

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Barkudia
Species:
B. melanosticta
Binomial name
Barkudia melanosticta
(
Schneider
, 1801)
Synonyms[2]
  • Anguis melanostictus
    Schneider, 1801
  • Barkudia melanosticta
    — Das, 1999

Barkudia melanosticta commonly known as Visakhapatnam limbless skink or Russell's legless skink is a

Waltair from their campus, and deposited in the Zoological Survey of India in Kolkata, India
(fide I. Das).

Geographic range

B. melanosticta is known only from the vicinity of its

type locality - Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[3]

Description

A burrowing species, B. melanosticta has an elongated body, with no legs. The eyes are vestigial, with only lower eyelids. The ear openings are slit-like. It may attain a snout-to-vent length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in), plus a tail 6.8 cm (2.7 in) long.[3]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T174129A1413063.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Barkudia melanosticta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ a b Das I (1999). "Anguis melanostictus SCHNEIDER, 1801, a valid species of Barkudia (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern India". Asiatic Herpetol. Research 8: 13-17. (Barkudia melanosticta, new combination).

Further reading

  • Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. ("Anguis melanosticta [sic]", p. 95).
  • Schneider JG
    (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Fromman. vi + 364 pp. + Plates I-II. (Anguis melanostictus, new species, pp. 323-324). (in Latin).


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