Figure 1. Morphology of a sandfish.

(A) A living adult sandfish in the hand of the experimenter. (B) top-view (C) side-view of a 3D-reconstruction of a fixed sandfish. The spatula-shaped snout, the streamlined body shape, the smooth integument, long limbs as well as long and fringed digits can be seen representing typical adaptations to live in lose sand. The transversal section of the skink represents approximately a flattened pentagon pointing dorsal. However, axillary grooves for the limbs are not evident.