Kingdom Animalia Family Scincidae Scientific name Acontias meleagris Rank Species | Class Reptilia Genus Acontias Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | |
Similar Acontias, Acontias percivali, Scaled reptiles, Acontias breviceps, Trachylepis capensis | ||
Acontias meleagris, the Cape legless skink, is a species of skink found in the southern Cape of South Africa. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae.
Its slender, tube-shaped body is golden-brown with tiny black spots. These spots fuse into longitudinal stripes in some specimens. It is usually found burrowing in dry sand as well as beneath boulders, dead trees and other detritus. It gives birth to two to four young in summer.
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