The Florida Sand Skink is a tiny, nearly limbless skink endemic to the ancient sand scrub habitats of central Florida. It swims through loose sand using side-to-side body undulations. A threatened species with a very limited range.
Habitat
Sand pine scrub and rosemary scrub in central Florida
Diet
Termites, beetle larvae, and other soil invertebrates
How common
Rare
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