Chalcides chalcides (English spelling) Chalcides chalcides

Japanese: Chalcides chalcides(英語表記)Chalcideschalcides
Chalcides chalcides (English spelling) Chalcides chalcides

...the limbs tend to degenerate in inverse proportion to the length of the cylindrical body, and some species that burrow into the sand lack their forelimbs. For example, the southern European long-legged lizard, Chalcides chalcides, has extremely small limbs and is similar in shape to a legless lizard. The Australian Schmidt's two-legged lizard, Lerista karlschmidti , lacks forelimbs, and the Arnhem two-legged lizard, L. stylis , of the same genus, has vestigial snake-like hind limbs.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Chalcides chalcides" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…円筒形をした胴が長くなるに反比例して四肢が退化する傾向が見られ,砂中に潜るものには前肢を欠くものがある。例えば,南ヨーロッパ産ドウナガトカゲChalcides chalcidesでは四肢がきわめて小さく,形態はアシナシトカゲに類似する。またオーストラリア産シュミットフタアシトカゲLerista karlschmidtiは前肢を欠き,同属のアーネムフタアシトカゲL.stylisは後肢もまったく痕跡的なヘビ型をしている。…

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