0250:
Bronzeback Legless Lizard
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus
Abminga, SA
Composite
REPTILES (Legless
Lizards - Pygopodidae)
Current
thinking suggests that this virtually
endemic Australian Lizard Family (one species
New Guinea – recent immigrant) is closely related
to geckos – they habitually lick their unblinking
eyes with their tongues (defacto mammal
eyelids).