Lialis

Lialis
	Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Pygopodidae
Genus:	Lialis; Gray, 1835
	Geographic range of the genus Lialis in Australia and New Guinea.

Lialis is a genus of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is native to Australia and New Guinea.

Diet[edit]

Lizards in the genus Lialis specialize in eating skinks.^[1] They have hinged teeth and kinetic skull joints which flex allowing them to swallow their prey whole.^[1]

Reproduction[edit]

Lizards in the genus Lialis exhibit oviparity.^[2]

Species[edit]

The following two species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Lialis burtonis Gray, 1835
Lialis jicari Boulenger, 1903

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Patchell F, Shine R (1986). "Feeding Mechanisms in Pygopodid Lizards: How Can Lialis Swallow Such Large Prey?". Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 59-64.
^ ^a ^b Genus Lialis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[edit]

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Lialis, p. 246).
Gray JE (1835). "Characters of a New Genus of Reptiles (Lialis) from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 134–135. (Lialis, new genus, p. 134). (in Latin and English).

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[patchell-1] Patchell F, Shine R (1986). "Feeding Mechanisms in Pygopodid Lizards: How Can Lialis Swallow Such Large Prey?". Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 59-64.

[RDB-2] Genus Lialis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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