Burton’s Legless Lizards (Lialis burtonis), family Pygopodidae, Australia

Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis)

Spin-off from the film Kong: Skull Island (2017), the infamous “crawler” creature imagined as realistically as possible, as an obscure, skink-like predatory lizard. This animal is an amalgam of real-life lizards; African legless skinks, Acontias sp. Australian snake-lizards, Lialis sp. the Bajan worm lizard, Bipes sp. and generic varanids. 

Burton’s legless lizard aka Burton’s Flap-footed Lizard (Lialis burtonis), female, family Pygopodidae, Australia

This species is quite variable in coloration and pattern. The gold coloration is not common.

Burton’s Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), family Pygopodidae, Karijini National Park, Western Australia

Burton’s Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), family Pygopodidae, Western Australia

Burton’s Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), family Pygopodidae, Hattah, Victoria, Australia

Burton's legless lizard aka Burton's Flap-footed Lizard (Lialis burtonis), female, family Pygopodidae, Australia