Typhlosaurus braini HAACKE, 1964
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Typhlosaurus braini
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Acontiinae (Acontidae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Haacke's Legless Skink |
| Synonym | Typhlosaurus braini HAACKE 1964: 5 Typhlosaurus braini — HAACKE 1975 Typhlosaurus braini — LAMB et al. 2010 |
| Distribution | Namibia (central Namib desert from Kuiseb River to Koichab River) Type locality: dunes south of the Kuiseb River at Gobabeb in the central Namib Desert, South West Africa. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 28472, Transvaal Museum |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: This new lorm seems to be the thinnest of all the known South African species of this genus. It shows a considerable reduction of head scales, which clearly distinguishes it lrom all the other known species. Only a single large head scale is present, lying between the rostral and the parietals. This large scale is referred to as the frontal, although it is probably a fusion of the frontal, prefrontal or frontonasals and interparietal. The first 8-10 scales behind the head scales are much shorter than the rest of the body scales (Haacke 1964: 7). |
| Comment | Limb morphology: Limbless. |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Charles Kimberlin Brain (b. 1931), a Zimbabwean geologist and paleontologist whose main interests are Australopithecines and the taphonomy of caves (how deposits in caves were created and fossilized). He was Director ofthe Transvaal Museum (1965-1991) but retired in 1996. |
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