[1][3] It is a terrestrial skink found in open grasslands, coconut and cashew plantations, house gardens, and agricultural fields.

The dorsum is medium brown, and the lips are bright orange in males and yellow in females, the color extending to the middle of the flanks.

[2][4] It is a typically diurnal lizard, found under heaps of forest debris, leaves, logs, in shrubs and bushes, as well as near plantation and farm refuse, such as coconut husk piles.

The diet typically consists of invertebrates that will fit into its mouth and that it can effectively swallow, including a variety of small cockroaches, beetles, beetle larvae (grubs), moths and their larvae, crickets, small grasshoppers, and earthworms, among other bugs and invertebrates.

They may very seldomly prey upon tiny froglets and small or recently-born snakes, although insects and arthropods still make up the bulk of their diet.