Here's a not-so-great photo of one of the craziest animals at Hamm yesterday - Voeltzkowia fierinensis. This is a Madagascan skink with no eyes, no external ears, no front legs, but two tiny back legs. The seller had 3 or 4 CB babies and they were relatively cheap. Had I arranged in advance for a way to get them back to the US, I probably would have bought them!
Blow the photo up to full size and try to find the back leg in the photo!
Voeltzkowia fierinensis
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Re: Voeltzkowia fierinensis
I think that it's a prank, its secretly just a worm but somebody glued tiny back legs. but in all seriousness dam that is weird.
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Re: Voeltzkowia fierinensis
That is so cool! Couldn't find it, didn't even know where to look!
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Re: Voeltzkowia fierinensis
very interesting,we get similar species over here
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Re: Voeltzkowia fierinensis
That is awesome. It is always great to see people work with the obscure species.
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Re: Voeltzkowia fierinensis
Where might I find someone that has this species?
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