Lialis is a genus of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus is native to Australia and New Guinea.
Diet Lizards in the genus Lialis specialize in eating skinks.Patchell F, Shine R (1986). "Feeding Mechanisms in Pygopodid Lizards: How Can Lialis Swallow Such Large Prey?". Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 59-64. They have hinged teeth and kinetic skull joints which flex allowing them to swallow their prey whole.
Reproduction Lizards in the genus Lialis exhibit oviparity.
Species The following two species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org.
Lialis burtonis Lialis jicari
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Genus Lialis, p. 246). Gray JE (1835). "Characters of a New Genus of Reptiles (Lialis) from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 134–135. (Lialis, new genus, p. 134). (in Latin and English).