Fitzsimons Burrowing Skink

An amazing little critter found "in" the sand dunes of the Namib Desert and seen on the "Living Desert" tour.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful, locally endemic find, thanks for sharing :)
By the way, manual species creation was not needed, there was a small typo in the species name you requested. The correct name is "Typhlacontias brevipes" Posted 8 years ago
1. Barry
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks for the correction - argh! Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    No worries, it's a mistake easily made. Posted 8 years ago

The FitzSimons burrowing skink

The FitzSimons' burrowing skink is a skink species is found in the Namib Desert near Swakopmund. It burrows in soft dune sands under leaf litter where it "swims" just below the surface of the loose sand. They are active at night and in the cooler hours of the day when they forage for small insects like ants, termites, antlions and beetles.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Ferdy Christant