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Encyclopedia > Anomalopus
Anomalopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Anomalopus
Species

Anomalopus brevicollis
Anomalopus gowi
Anomalopus leuckartii
Anomalopus mackayi
Anomalopus pluto
Anomalopus swansoni
Anomalopus verreauxi'

Anomalopus is a genus of smallish smooth-scaled burrowing skinks from Australia.


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Greer, A.E. and Cogger, H.G. Systematics of the reduced- limbed and limbless skinks currently assigned to the genus Anomalopus (Lacertilia: Scincidae).
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Herpetologist on holiday, part 5 (872 words)
This surprised me - when I thought of European lizards I thought of lacertids - skinks never entered my head.
It looked much like our Anomalopus - long and thin with reduced limbs.
It wasn't long before we spotted a live specimen but the sun was already high in the sky so it proved too fast for us.
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