Ocellated Skinks prefer very dry lowland with sandy or loamy ground. Skinks are often more colonial than other lizards, and Ocellated Skinks are often found in large numbers in one place. Normal prey is invertebrates but large specimens occasionally attack smaller lizards. Females give birth to 6-15 or more live young. Males have larger heads than females but otherwise there is little sexual differentiation in these lizards.
Colouring is an overall coffee colour.
Females give birth to 2-3 live young. This skink actually moves like a snake or slow-worm, the limbs being almost vestigial. However it is very agile and can catch flying insects. In contrast to other European skinks this one prefers lowlands, lush vegetation and damp meadows. Its main prey is invertebrates.