After nearly a century, Taiwan’s legless lizard gets its own identity

Mongabay
Apr 27, 2026, 12:01 am244 ptsTop
A new study has cleared up a century’s worth of identity confusion surrounding a secretive, legless lizard found in Taiwan’s forests. Researchers from National Taiwan Normal University confirmed the Formosan legless lizard (Dopasia formosensis) is a distinct species endemic to the island, separate from the…

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