Draft:Lialisinai

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Declined by Adam Black 2 months ago. Last edited by Adam Black 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Sources 1 and 2 are circular - they use Wikipedia as the source of their information. I also cannot find any mention of "Lialisinai" in any of the three sources provided. Adam Black ^{talk • contribs} 01:24, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Lialisinai is a subfamily of legless lizards in the family Pygopodidae. Lizards in the subfamily are native to most of Australia and parts of New Guinea.^[1] Lialis is the only genus in the Lialisinai subfamily which contains 2 species.^[2] Lizards in Lialisinai have long, pointed snouts, exclusively small scales on head, and preanal pores.^[3] Skinks are their primary food source in the wild.^[1] They exhibit oviparity.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Burton's Snake-lizard (Lialis burtonis)". iNaturalist United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
^ "Snake-Lizards (Genus Lialis)". iNaturalist United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
^ "Lialis burtonis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[:0-1] "Burton's Snake-lizard (Lialis burtonis)". iNaturalist United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[2] "Snake-Lizards (Genus Lialis)". iNaturalist United Kingdom. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[3] "Lialis burtonis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

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