| Meyer's blind legless skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Typhlosaurus |
| Species: | T. meyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlosaurus meyeri Boettger, 1894
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Meyer's blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus meyeri), also commonly known as Meyer's legless skink, and the variable blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.[2]
Etymology
The specific name meyeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer.[3]: 177
Description
Adults of Typhlosaurus meyeri usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 12–16 cm (4.7–6.3 in). The maximum recorded SVL is 18.8 cm (7.4 in).[4]
Geographic distribution
Typhlosaurus meyeri is found in extreme southwestern Namibia and adjacent extreme northwestern South Africa.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Typhlosaurus meyeri is sandy desert, at elevations of 50–400 m (160–1,310 ft).[1]
Reproduction
Typhlosaurus meyeri is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Bauer AM, Conradie W, Becker F (2020). "Typhlosaurus meyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44978352A147707716.en. Accessed on 02 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d Typhlosaurus meyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. 399 pp. (Typhlosaurus meyeri, p. 138 + Plate 43).
Further reading
- Bauer, A.M.; Branch, W.R. (2003). "The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". Herpetological Natural History. 8: 111–160.
- Boettger, O. (1894). "Eine neue Eidechse aus Südwest-Afrika". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen und Anthropologisch-Etnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 4 (5): [1]. (Typhlosaurus meyeri, new species). (in German and Latin).
- FitzSimons, V. (1943). "The Lizards of South Africa". Transvaal Museum Memoirs. 1: 1–528. (Typhlosaurus plowesi, new species).
- Loveridge, A. (1936). "African Reptiles and Amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History". Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History. 22 (1): 1–122. (Typhlosaurus meyeri, p. 75).
