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    • legless lizards
  • Scientific names
    • Pygopodidae

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What

Burton's Legless Lizard Lialis burtonis

Observer

trevor

Date

Sep 26, 2004
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What

Papua Snake Lizard Lialis jicari

Observer

robertsprackland

Date

the past
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Description from Wikipedia

Pygopodidae (or fogs) is a family of squamates that have reduced or absent limbs and are related to the geckos. They have unusually long, slender, bodies, giving them a strong resemblance to snakes. Like both snakes and most geckos, they have no eyelids, but unlike snakes, they have external ear-holes and flat, non-forked tongues. They are native to Australia and New Guinea.

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