Acontias meleagris, or the Cape legless skink, is a species of skink found in the southern Cape of South Africa.

[2] Its slender, tube-shaped body is golden-brown with tiny black spots.

These spots fuse into longitudinal stripes in some specimens.

[citation needed] Found in the southern Cape of South Africa, It is usually found burrowing in dry sand as well as beneath boulders, dead trees and other detritus.

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