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Haacke's Legless Skink
Typhlosaurus braini
Haacke's legless skink (Typhlosaurus braini), also known commonly as Brain's legless skink and Brain's blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.
From the article Haacke's legless skink on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
T. braini is limbless, slender, and uniformly light pink. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in).
Range & habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. braini is desert, at altitudes of 50–400 m (160–1,310 ft).
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
Having no limbs, T. braini "swims" in sand dunes, both under the surface and at the surface.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
In human culture
The specific name, braini, is in honor of paleontologist Charles Kimberlin Brain.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Typhlosaurus braini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37707.