- English Common Name
- Ryukyu Short-legged Skink
- Scientific name
- Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Squamata, Family: Scincida
- Size
- 9 – 12 cm
- Species Distribution
- Amami and Okinawa Groups
- This species is found in dark and wet places such as fallen leaves in woods. Lower eyelids consist of transparent membranes; it can see its surroundings with eyelids closed.
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- Updated December 2017