Lialis
Lialis | |
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Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Pygopodidae |
Genus: | Lialis Gray, 1835 |
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Geographic range of the genus Lialis in Australia and New Guinea. |
Lialis is a genus of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is native to Australia and New Guinea.
Diet[]
Lizards in the genus Lialis specialize in eating skinks.[1] They have hinged teeth and kinetic skull joints which flex allowing them to swallow their prey whole.[1]
Reproduction[]
Lizards in the genus Lialis exhibit oviparity.[2]
Species[]
The following two species are recognized as being valid.[2]
References[]
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Lialis, p. 246).
- Gray JE (1835). "Characters of a New Genus of Reptiles (Lialis) from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 134–135. (Lialis, new genus, p. 134). (in Latin and English).
Categories:
- Lialis
- Pygopodidae
- Lizard genera
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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