Typhlacontias

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Typhlacontias
Species (7): T. brevipes – T. gracilis – T. johnsonii – T. kataviensis – T. punctatissimus – T. rohani – T. rudebecki
Name

Typhlacontias Bocage, 1873
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Typhlacontias . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 November 2021.

Typhlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.[1]
Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid:[2]

Typhlacontias brevipes V. FitzSimons, 1938 – FitzSimon's burrowing skink, short blind dart skink
Typhlacontias gracilis Roux, 1907 – Roux's blind dart skink
Typhlacontias johnsonii Andersson, 1916 – Johnson's western burrowing skink
Typhlacontias kataviensis Broadley, 2006 – Katavi blind dart skink
Typhlacontias punctatissimus Bocage, 1873 – dotted blind dart skink, speckled western burrowing skink
Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923 – Rohan's blind dart skink
Typhlacontias rudebecki Haacke, 1997 – Rudebeck's western burrowing skink

References

Whiting, Alison S.; Aaron M. Bauer; Jack W. Sites Jr. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (3): 582–598. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00142-8. PMID 14615195.

Typhlacontias at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2016.