[2] The species name is derived from the Latin words brevis, -e = short and pes, pedis = foot.

[2] These slender skinks have small eyes with no eyelids and no external ear openings.

Vague stripes, formed by the scales, can occur along the back and upper flanks.

[3] Typhlacontias brevipes typically occur on the leeward side of dunes in the roots of grass tufts found in semi-stable sand.

They are active at night and in the cooler hours of the day when they forage for small insects like ants, termites, antlions, and beetles.