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Barkudia

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Barkudia

Species

Barkudia is a genus of skinks. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other Barkudia insularis is a limbless Lizard which was described in 1917 by Nelson Annandale and rediscovered in the wild in 2003 Barkudia melanosticta is a species of skink found in south-east India Skinks are the most diverse group of Lizards They make the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other

Subdivisions

Genus Barkudia

Barkudia insularis - Chilka Spotted Skink
Barkudia melanosticta

Barkudia insularis is a limbless Lizard which was described in 1917 by Nelson Annandale and rediscovered in the wild in 2003 Barkudia melanosticta is a species of skink found in south-east India

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