Lialis burtonis
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Lialis burtonis, or Burton's legless lizard, is a pygopodid lizard ("legless lizard") found in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

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Description

The most notable feature of this legless lizard is its angular snout. It has visible ear holes, and is distinguished from snakes by its broad fleshy tongue.
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