Acontias meleagris
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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Acontias meleagris
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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Acontias meleagris, the Cape l ...... o two to four young in summer.
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Acontias meleagrisFichier:Defa ...... s de la famille des Scincidae.
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Acontias meleagris, the Cape l ...... o two to four young in summer.
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Acontias meleagrisFichier:Defa ...... s de la famille des Scincidae.
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