Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917
Legless skink, Madras spotted skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1917 or before
Rediscovered in 2003?
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Distribution
Orissa, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Annandale, N. 1917 Rec.Ind. Mus. 13: 20
Other references:
Biswas, S. or Acharjyo, L. N. (1979). A Note on the Distribution of Barkudia insularis, a Rare Limbless Lizard from Orissa. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 76: 524-525.
Das, Indraneil and Dattagupta, Basudeb. (1997). Rediscovery of the holotypes of Ophisops jerdoni Blyth, 1853 and Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917. Hamadryad 22(1): 53-55.
Das, Indraneil. (2010). Barkudia insularis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 May 2014.
Murthy, T. S. N. (1988). An identification key to the amphibians and reptiles of the Chilka Lake, India. Herpetol. Jour. 1: 235-237.