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'''''Barkudia''''' is a little-known [[genus]] of [[skink]]s [[endemic]] to [[India]]. These lizards are thought to be semi-[[fossorial]], and living in [[coastal]] areas of the east coast of India. Almost nothing is known about the natural history of this genus, except for classical taxonomic texts.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Das, I. |title=''Anguis melanostictus'' SCHNEIDER, 1801, a valid species of ''Barkudia'' (Sauria: Scincidae) from southeastern India. |journal=Asiatic Herpetological Research |date=1999 |volume=8 |pages=13–17}}</ref><ref name=RDB/><br />
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There are two species:<ref name=RDB/><br />
*''[[Barkudia insularis]]'' <small>Annandale, 1917</small> — Madras spotted skink, distributed in the [[Circar Coast]] ([[type species]]) <br />
*''[[Barkudia melanosticta]]'' <small>(Schneider, 1801) </small> — Visakhapatnam limbless skink, Russell's legless skink, distributed in parts of Circar Coast<br />
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[[Category:Barkudia]]<br />
[[Category:Lizard genera]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Nelson Annandale]]<br />
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