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Anomalopus Worm-Skinks
Anomalopus
Anomalopus is a genus of worm-skinks, smallish smooth-scaled burrowing lizards in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to the eastern half of Australia. The genus belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Ctenotus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus (Austin & Arnold 2006).
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Three-clawed Worm-skink
speciesAnomalopus verreauxii
Two-clawed Worm-skink
speciesAnomalopus leuckartii
Punctate Worm-skink
speciesAnomalopus swansoni
Five-clawed Worm-skink
speciesAnomalopus mackayi
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37609.