Brachymeles apus
Habitat
Semi-fossorial in rotting logs, loose soil and leaf litter of higher-elevation forest
Range
Northern Borneo (Mount Kinabalu, Sabah)
Size
Males about 131mm snout–vent
Hikida's short-legged skink is a limbless skink known from Mount Kinabalu in Sabah and is the only Brachymeles species found outside the Philippines. It is a large member of its genus, with the male type specimen measuring 131 mm snout to vent, and has no limbs or ear opening. It is semi-fossorial, typically found in dry rotting material inside or underneath decaying logs or in loose soil and leaf litter, and bears live young. The name comes from Greek for absence of limbs (Reptile Database, general species account).