Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the genus Barkudia Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Genus Barkudia Indian Limbless Skinks Indische Wurmskinke Indiske Ormeskinker 1917 Barkudia Annandale (type species: Barkudia insularis Annandale 1917) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Odisha). Barkudia insularis Odisha Limbless Skink, Limbless Burrowing Skink, Madras Spotted Skink, (Annandale's Limbless Skink) Odisha-Wurmskink Odisha-ormeskink 1917 Barkudia insularis Annandale Remarks: Records from Andhra Pradesh (e.g., Murthy 1985, 1990; Pillai & Murthy 1982; Sanyal 1993; Sanyal, Dattagupta & Gayen 1993; Subba Rao 1996) refer to melanosticta (Das 1999). Distribution: India (Odisha). Barkudia melanosticta Black-spotted Limbless Skink, (Russell's Legless Skink) Schwarzflecken-Wurmskink Sortplettet Ormeskink 1801 Anguis melanosticta Schneider Barkudia melanosticta Das 1999 Remarks: This species has had a history of obscurity, being overlooked by several important works on the herpetology of India (e.g., Boulenger 1890; Smith 1935). Validity as a member of the genus Barkudia confirmed by Das (1999). Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh).