-
Legless lizard may
refer to any of
several groups of
lizards that have
independently lost
limbs or
reduced them to the
point of
being of no use in locomotion...
-
Dysmelia (from the Gr**** dys (δυσ-), "bad" + mélos (μέλος), "limb" +
English suffix -ia) is a
congenital disorder of a limb
resulting from a disturbance...
- Burton's
legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a
species of
lizard in the
family Pygopodidae. The
species lacks forelegs and has only
rudimentary hind legs...
- Anniellidae,
known as
American legless lizards,
contains six
species in a
single genus Anniella: A. pulchra, the
California legless lizard, the rare A. geronimensis...
- quadrupedal,
running with a
strong side-to-side motion. Some
lineages (known as "
legless lizards") have
secondarily lost
their legs, and have long snake-like bodies...
- The
olive legless lizard (Delma inornata) is a
species of
legless gecko from the
Pygopodidae family. This
species is
commonly found throughout the Australian...
- of
occasions evolved into
limbless forms – snakes, amphisbaenians, and
legless lizards (limb loss in
lizards has
evolved independently several times,...
- The
woodbush legless skink (Acontias rieppeli) is a
species of
legless skink. It is
found in the
Wolkberg mountains of
Limpopo Province,
South Africa...
- evolution,
leading to many
lineages of
legless lizards.
These resemble snakes, but
several common groups of
legless lizards have
eyelids and
external ears...
-
Acontias cregoi,
commonly known as Cregoe's
legless skink, Cregoi's
blind legless skink, and Cregoi's
legless skink, is a
species of
lizard in the family...
