Meyer's blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus meyeri), also commonly known as Meyer's legless skink, and the variable blind legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to southern Africa.

Etymology The specific name meyeri, is in honor of German ornithologist Adolf Bernhard Meyer.

Description Adults of Typhlosaurus meyeri usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The maximum recorded SVL is . 399 pp. (Typhlosaurus meyeri, p. 138 + Plate 43).

Geographic distribution Typhlosaurus meyeri is found in extreme southwestern Namibia and adjacent extreme northwestern South Africa.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Typhlosaurus meyeri is sandy desert, at elevations of .

Reproduction Typhlosaurus meyeri is ovoviviparous.

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Further reading

(Typhlosaurus meyeri, new species). (in German and Latin). (Typhlosaurus plowesi, new species). (Typhlosaurus meyeri, p. 75).