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 | | Among the species surveyed, average clutch/litter size varies from 1 in the Kalahari skink Typhlosaurus gariepensis and the geckos Gehyra variegata and Ptenopus garrulus to 13 in the Kalahari agamid Agama hispida. | | | Thus, in Typhlosaurus lineatus, offspring are significantly heavier (and expenditure per progeny significantly greater) where this species occurs in sympatry with T. gariepensis as compared with allopatric populations (Huey et al. | | | Clutch size is fixed at one or two eggs in certain families (Geckos, Pygopodids) and genera (Anolis). |
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http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/reprotactics.html
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| | Skink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Several genera (e.g., Typhlosaurus) have no limbs at all, others, such as Neoseps, have only reduced limbs. | | | Skinks look roughly like true lizards, but most species have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skink
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| | Skink,Reptiles,Amphibians,Skink Picture Gallery Collection,Skink Pictures,Encyclopedia,Skink |
| | The Acontinae consists of three viviparous South African genera that are limbless, burrowing forms (Acontia, Acontophiops, and Typhlosaurus). | | | The Felinae is composed of two viviparous central African genera (Chabanaudia and Feylinia) that have reduced eyes and ear openings covered with skin. |
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http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/htm/reptilesindex.asp?counter=47
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| | Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Kalahari xeric savanna (AT1309) |
| | Plant species richness per unit area in the Xeric Kalahari Savanna is among the lowest of all the southern African ecoregions, and it is estimated that less than 3 percent of the plants are endemic (Van Rooyen 1999). | | | However, despite the low rates of endemism, the diversity of large mammals at all levels of the food chain is remarkable for such an oligotrophic and arid system. | | | Animal endemism is also low; there are no strictly endemic birds and only three near-endemics, only one near-endemic amphibian, one strictly endemic reptile (Typhlosaurus gariepensis) with nine near-endemic reptiles, and a single near-endemic small mammal, Brants's whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii). |
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http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at1309_full.html
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| | Typhlosaurus lizzards feed primarily on insects; termites make up 95% of the diet | | | Size (snout-vent length) reflects size of preferred insects and thus is an indicator of resource use | | | Characteristics examined: indicative of ecological similarity and similarity of resource use |
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http://www.biology.duke.edu/rausher/lec18_05.html
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| | Publications of Raymond B. Huey - by Year |
| | Genetic variation and differentiation in two species of the fossorial African skink, Typhlosaurus (Sauria: Scincidae). | | | Latitudinal pattern of between-altitude faunal similarity: Mountains might be "higher" in the tropics. | | | Ecological shifts in sympatry: Kalahari fossorial lizards (Typhlosaurus). |
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http://faculty.washington.edu/hueyrb/all_pubs.php
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| | 4x4 Eco Challenge & SARCA Reptiles Project |
| | These were Sundevall's Writhing Skink (Lygosoma sundevallii), Kalahari Burrowing Skink (Typhlacontias rohani) and Striped Blind Legless Skink (Typhlosaurus lineatus jappi). | | | The taxonomy of these skinks are currently under review, and DNA analyses of tissues collected from these specimens will be very useful to help clarify their phylogenetic relationships. |
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http://www.4x4ecochallenge.co.za/sarcaweb/zambiareport2004.htm
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| | Scincidae |
| | For example, there is no strong support for the monophyly of the subfamilies Lygosominae and Scincinae, but sub-Saharan African scincines + Feylinia form a well supported monophyletic group (Whiting et al. | | | The Acontinae contains 3 genera (including Acontias and Typhlosaurus). |
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http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Scincidae.html
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| | FaunaClassifieds Forums - Wanted: Tanzania legless lizard Acontias percival |
| | Wanted: Tanzania legless lizard Acontias percival, Isopachys gyldenstolpei, Typhlosaurus lineatus, Amphisbaena fuliginosa, or any other legless lizards, Blind snakes,skink snake,worm lizard,worm snake. | | | If you find worm lizards in excess of your needs, please pass the info on to me. |
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http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64528
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| | Completed Ph.D. thesis titled "A study of factors influencing the nature and extent of host-specificity among polystomatids (Polystomatidae: Monogenoidea) parasitic in Anura of southern Africa" (1994, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein) while at the National Museum. | | | Ecology and phylogenetics of Acontias, Typhlosaurus and Acontophiops. |
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http://www.nasmus.co.za/HERPETOL/RESEARCH.HTM
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| | Established in 1964, Red Deer College is a college of approximately 10,000 located students in Red Deer, Alberta Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. | | | Genus Typhlosaurus Typhlosaurus aurantiacus Typhlosaurus braini Typhlosaurus caecus Typhlosaurus cregoi Typhlosaurus gariepensis Typhlosaurus lineatus Typhlosaurus lomii Typhlosaurus meyeri Typhlosaurus vermis... |
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http://www.uk.fraquisanto.net/Forfar
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| | Digimorph - Rhineura hatcherii (fossil worm lizard) |
| | Rieppel O. The skull and the jaw adductor musculature in some burrowing scincomorph lizards of the genera Acontias, Typhlosaurus and Feylinia. |
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http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Rhineura_hatcheri
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| | Phylogeny of the Anolis cristatellus series |
| | We reject the hypothesis that the nearly limbless dibamids are derived from within the Scincidae, but cannot reject the hypothesis that they represent the sister taxon to skinks. | | | Amphiglossus, Chalcides, the acontines Acontias and Typhlosaurus, and Scincinae are paraphyletic. |
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http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~brandley/research/skinks.htm
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