Acontias cregoi, commonly known as Cregoe's legless skink, Cregoi's blind legless skink, and Cregoi's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.
Etymology The specific name, cregoi, is in honor of John P. Cregoe who presented the holotype to the British Museum.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlosaurus cregoi, p. 61).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of A. cregoi is grassland, at altitudes of .
Description The holotype of A. cregoi has a total length of 15 cm (6 inches), which includes a tail 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.Boulenger GA (1903).
Reproduction A. cregoi is viviparous.
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1903). "Descriptions of new Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 12: 429–435. (Typhlosaurus cregoi, new species, pp. 434–435).