Typhlosaurus meyeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Acontinae
Genus: Typhlosaurus
Species: Typhlosaurus meyeri

Name

• Typhlosaurus meyeri Boettger, 1894: unpaginated

Holotype: MTD. [destroyed during WWII]

Neotype: TM 28301. [designated by Broadley (1968)].

Type locality: “Angra Pequena (Deutsch-Sudwest-Afrika)”, redesignated by neotype designation to “Luderitz (= Angra Pequena)” by Broadley (1968).

References

Primary references

• Boettger, O. 1894. Eine neue Eidechse aus Südwest-Afrika. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Etnographischen Museums zu Dresden 4: [no page numbers]. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Typhlosaurus meyeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Variable Blind Legless Skink