Burton’s Snake-lizard
Scientific name: Lialis burtonis
The meaning of Lialis is not known. Burtonis honours James Burton, a donor of specimens of lizards to the British Museum.
The whole of Australia except for the south coast and Tasmania.
This legless lizard grows up to 59 centimetres long and has a distinctly, wedge-shaped snout. It varies in colour from cream and plain, through shades of grey, brown, yellow and brick red with various combinations of stripes and lines of spots.
Burton’s Snake-lizards feed mainly on skinks, but also geckos, other legless lizards and small snakes.
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