 Females of the species give birth to live young.This lizard species was formerly placed in a monotypic (single species) genus as "Acontophiops lineatus".Morphologically the genus shows similarities to "Acontias cregoi" (formerly "Typhlosaurus cregoi") and a recent review placed both of these within the genus "Acontias", which, as "Acontias lineatus" was already occupied, required a new name for this species.