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Sirenoscincus

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Sirenoscincus
Sirenoscincus mobydick
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Sirenoscincus

Sakata & Hikida, 2003

Sirenoscincus is a genus of burrowing lizards, skinks that are endemic to Madagascar. The scientific name Sirenoscincus means "mermaid skink" as skinks in this genus have only forelimbs and no hind limbs, like the mythical mermaid.

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References

  • Sakata, Shuichi; Hikida, Tsutomu (2003). "A Fossorial Lizard with Forelimbs Only: Description of a New Genus and Species of Malagasy Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)". Current Herpetology. 22 (1): 9–15. doi:10.5358/hsj.22.9.
  • Aurélien Miralles; Mirana Anjeriniaina; Christy A. Hipsley; Johannes Müller; Frank Glaw; Miguel Vences (2012). "Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy "mermaid skink" with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003)". Zoosystema. 34 (4): 701–719. doi:10.5252/z2012n4a3.