Burton's Legless Lizard
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Burton's Legless Lizard

Lialis burtonis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Royal National Park
5 Verified records at Royal National Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Burton's legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards", "flap-footed lizards" and "snake-lizards". This species is native to Australia and Papua New Guinea. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Burton's Legless Lizard sighting in Royal National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Royal National Park

Common Scaly-foot
LC Endemic

Common Scaly-foot

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Pygopus lepidopodus

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
2 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
4 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
5 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
6 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
8 Noosa National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
9 Flinders Ranges National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
10 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
11 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
12 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Burton's Legless Lizard in Royal National Park?

About 4% of wildlife watchers report a Burton's Legless Lizard sighting in Royal National Park, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Burton's Legless Lizard in Royal National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Burton's Legless Lizard in Royal National Park in our monthly data.

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