Pink blind legless skink


The pink blind legless skink, also known commonly as Boulenger's blind legless skink and Boulenger's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Description

Adults of T. vermis usually have a snout-to-vent length of, which is long for the genus. Boulenger described the rostral and mental as "enormous", and the body scales as "tetragonal". The body color is fleshy pink.

Geographic range

T. vermis is found in Namibia and South Africa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. vermis is coastal sand dunes with sparse vegetation, at altitudes from sea level to.

Reproduction

T. vermis is ovoviviparous. Litter size is three young.