Typhlacontias

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 V. FitzSimons, 1938 – FitzSimon's burrowing skink, short blind dart skink
 * Typhlacontias gracilis Roux, 1907 – Roux's blind dart skink
 * Typhlacontias johnsonii Andersson, 1916 – Johnson's western burrowing skink
 * Typhlacontias kataviensis Broadley, 2006 – Katavi blind dart skink
 * Typhlacontias punctatissimus Bocage, 1873 – dotted blind dart skink, speckled western burrowing skink
 * Typhlacontias rohani Angel, 1923 – Rohan's blind dart skink
 * Typhlacontias rudebecki Haacke, 1997 – Rudebeck's western burrowing skink