After many accomplishments in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Grey returned to London in 1894 and died in 1898.

[7] A continuous occurrence record map can be found online at "Atlas of Living Australia" through this reference link.

It is often found moving through leaf litter on the ground while searching for its main food source of invertebrates.

[9] M. greyii is a very small skink that grows up to 38–40 mm (1.5–1.6 in) in snout-to-vent length (SVL).

[1] Predators of the common dwarf skink include, but are not limited to, larger reptiles, avian species and cats.

[citation needed] The adult female common dwarf skink may lay 1-3 eggs in every clutch.

[citation needed] Mitochondrial DNA revealed that parthenogenesis is able to occur in this species.