Chalcides bedriagai

Chalcides bedriagai, commonly known as Bedriaga's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

It has a small head, an elongated cylindrical body and short limbs with five digits on each foot.

The colour is pale brown, yellowish-brown, or grey, with numerous small black-edged eyespots and usually a paler lateral line running along either side.

It also occurs in open woodland, clearings, scrubland areas and rocky hillside slopes[4] up to an altitude of about 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) above sea level.

There are three subspecies:[2]Bedriaga's skink is a diurnal species and feeds on a wide range of small invertebrates.

When disturbed it seeks cover in dense undergrowth or under ground, and it can burrow very quickly through loose soil.