Acontias aurantiacus

Acontias aurantiacus, the golden blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, and South Africa.
Three subspecies are recognized:

Description

These are small to medium legless fossorial lizards with reduced eyes and pronounced rostral scales used in digging. The body is plain golden-yellow, with occasional melanistic or mottled individuals appearing in the population.

Former Subspecies

A. fitzsimonsi and A. parietalis were formerly considered subspecies of A. aurantiacus but were elevated to full species status in 2018.