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Madagascar Legless Skink

Androngo trivittatis

Description:

Fat bodied legless lizard (almost legless)

Habitat:

Littoral forest near Sainte Luce, Madagascar

Notes:

Very strong burrower, digs itself into the top few centimeters of soil within seconds

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4 Comments

L E
L E 12 years ago

awesome

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

good spotting, by the way !

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

I don't think it's an amphisbaenian ( wormlizards). Looks more like a Short-limbed Supple Skink (Lygosoma sp), only I am not sure if you get these in Madagascar
http://bangkokherps.wordpress.com/2011/0...

Hope some one can confirm..

DominguezLopezMoi
DominguezLopezMoi 12 years ago

is a Amphisbaenidae

BrettMassoud
Spotted by
BrettMassoud

Taolanaro, Madagascar

Spotted on Jan 9, 2012
Submitted on Jan 10, 2012

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