#acontias

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Giant Legless Skink (Acontias plumbeus), family Scincidae, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

photographs by Miguel da Fonseca

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Kalahari Burrowing Skink (Acontias kgalagadi), family Scincidae, Tsodilo Hills, NW Botswana

Legless lizard.

Photographs by Murray Lewis

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Thin-tailed Legless Skink (Acontias gracilicauda), family Scincidae, Eastern Cape, South Africa

photograph by Tyrone Ping

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Bazaruto Blind Legless Skink (Acontias aurantiacus bazarutoensis), family Scincidae, Benguera Island, Mozambique

Subspecies of Golden Bling Legless Skink.

Legless lizard

photograph by Johan Marais

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Giant Legless Skink (Acontias plumbeus), family Scincidae, northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

photograph by Johan Marais

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Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink (Acontias lineatus), family Scincidae, Namaqua National Park, South Africa

This population of A. lineatus is sometimes refererd to as a separate species, A. litoralis, but is considered a subspecies, or a race, by some herpetologists.

photograph by Tyrone Ping

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Kgalagadi Legless Skink (Acontias kgalagadi kgalagadi) family Scincidae, Caprivi, Namibia.

photograph by Johan Marais - World of Reptiles