Brachymeles pathfinderi, the pathfinder short-legged skink, is a species of semifossorial skink in the family Scincidae, endemic to the southern Philippines. First described in 1925 by Edward H. Taylor, it is notable for its slender body, highly reduced limbs, and the unusual condition of having five minute clawed toes on the forelimbs and four on the hind limbs. The species is known almost exclusively from the vicinity of Glan in southern Mindanao and remains one of the least-documented members of its genus.

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