Barkudia skink
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The Barkudia skink ( Barkudia insularis ) is one of the rarest lizard species in the world.
The animal has no visible neck, no limbs and a long tail.
The Barkudia skink is only found in the Indian state of Orissa on Badakuda Island in Lake Chilika , the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia .
The animals are nocturnal, live in the upper layers of the earth and feed on various insects such as termites and beetle larvae . Nothing is known about the breeding grounds of the lizards.
It was first seen and described there in 1917, later sightings remained unconfirmed, which is why scientists had mistakenly believed the species to be extinct. In 2003 the Barkudia skink was spotted again and documented by video recordings. A total of four animals were seen, two of them adults.
Web links
- Barkudia insularis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2006. Posted by: World Conservation Monitoring Center, 1996. Retrieved on 12 May, 2006.
- Barkudia insularis in The Reptile Database
- Rediscovery of Barkudia insularis ( Memento from August 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive )