Smith's snake skink

(Nessia bipes)

Description

Midbody scales rows 28.Body slender and equal girth from head to tail.Snout broad and obtuse.Fore limbs absent.Hind limbs vertigial and appera as buds.Dorsum brown or light reddish brown,hatchlings are dark gray or black.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Scincidae

Genus:Nessia

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