Voeltzkowia mobydick

Voeltzkowia mobydick is a species of mermaid skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

[2] In 2012, the species was first described in a paper by French herpetologists Aurélien Miralles, Miguel Vences, and their colleagues.

This species's forelimbs are shaped like flippers (Voeltzkowia yamagishii has claws).

In preserved specimens, body is entirely pale with eyes visible as dark spots.

The type locality is the urban commune of Boriziny (French: Port-Bergé), Sofia Region, Madagascar.

Head and forelimbs of V. mobydick .