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Taxonomy of the genus Typhlacontias Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Typhlacontias (Western Burrowing Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Typhlacontias in general

Haacke, W.D. 1997. Systematics and biogeography of the southern African scincine genus Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 47(1-2): 139-163.

Typhlacontias brevipes

Elzen, P. van den; Raynaud, A. 1977. Untersuchungen zur Ökologie südafrikanischer Scinciden der Gattung Scelotes Fitzinger (Sauria, Scincidae). Erste Ergebnisse. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 28(3-4): 384-393.

FitzSimons, V. 1930. Descriptions of new South African Reptilia and Batrachia, with Distribution Records of Allied Species in the Transvaal Museum Collection. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14(1): 20-48.

FitzSimons, V. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(1): 5-16.

Gasc, J.P.; Renous, S. 1974. Les rapports anatomiques du membre pelvien vestigial chez les squamates serpentiformes. 2. Scelotes brevipes et Scelotes inornatus (Scincidae, Sauria). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 186: 1701-1712.

Haacke, W.D. 1964. Description of two new species of lizards and notes on Fitzsimonsia brevipes (Fitzsimons) from the central Namib Desert. Sci. Pap. Namib Desert Res. Stat. 25: 1-15.

Haacke, W.D. 1975. Herpetological investigations in the sand sea of the southern Namib. Transvaal Museum Bulletin 15: 8-10.

McLachlan, G.R. 1984. The type-locality of Typhlacontias brevipes. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 30: 17.

Raynaud, A.; Elzen, P. van den 1979. Structure histologique, aux stages du développement et chez l'adulte, des membres postérieurs rudimentaires de deux scincidé sud-Africains (Scelotes brevipes et Scelotes gronovii) et leur utilisation pour la locomotion chez Scelotes gronovii. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 114(3-4): 360-372.

Withers, P.C. 1981. Physiological correlates of limblessness and fossoriality in scincid lizards. Copeia 1981(1): 197-204.

Typhlacontias gracilis

Moch, J.G.; Senter, P. 2011. Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 285(4): 274-280.

Typhlacontias kataviensis

Broadley, D.G. 2006. A new species of Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae: Feylininae) from western Tanzania. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(12-24): 557-560.

Typhlacontias rohani

Angel, F. 1942. Sur la synonymie d'une espèce de lezard du genre Typhlacontias. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 14(2): 109.

Broadley, D.G.; Wilson, V.J. 2005. Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923. Kalahari Burrowing Skink. African Herp News 38: 31.

Tasman, K.R. 1957. Less known lizards. Proceedings Trans. Rhod. Scient. Assoc. 45: 27-45.