Barkudia Explained

Barkudia is a little-known genus of skinks endemic to India. These lizards are thought to be semi-fossorial, and living in coastal areas of the east coast of India. Almost nothing is known about the natural history of this genus, except for classical taxonomic texts.^[1]

There are two species:

• Barkudia insularis Annandale, 1917 — Madras spotted skink, distributed in the Circar Coast (type species)
• Barkudia melanosticta (Schneider, 1801) — Visakhapatnam limbless skink, Russell's legless skink, distributed in parts of Circar Coast

Notes and References

1. Das, I. . Anguis melanostictus SCHNEIDER, 1801, a valid species of Barkudia (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern India. . Asiatic Herpetological Research . 1999 . 8 . 13–17.