Typhlacontias is a genus of legless, burrowing skinks in the family Scincidae, a genus endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Its sister group is the clade consisting of the genera Feylinia and Melanoseps.
Species Seven species are recognized as being valid:
Typhlacontias brevipes – FitzSimon's burrowing skink, short blind dart skink Typhlacontias gracilis – Roux's blind dart skink Typhlacontias johnsonii – Johnson's western burrowing skink Typhlacontias kataviensis – Katavi blind dart skink Typhlacontias punctatissimus – dotted blind dart skink, speckled western burrowing skink Typhlacontias rohani – Rohan's blind dart skink Typhlacontias rudebecki – Rudebeck's western burrowing skink
References
Further reading Bocage JVB ("1872" ). "Mélanges erpétologiques. II. Sur quelques Reptiles et Batraciens nouveaux, rares ou peu connus d'Afrique occidentale ". Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 4: 209–227. (Typhlacontias, new genus, p. 213). (in French).