Burton's Legless Lizard
S1, dorsal
Ellura
Burton's Legless Lizard
S2, Head, dorsal
 
                      
Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Family: Flap-footed Lizard (Pygopodidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Head, dorsal🔎
Other name: Burton's Snake-lizard

Thank you Ralph Foster, Stephen Mahony & Yingyod Lapwong for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Sep-2013
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)