Typhlacontias is one of several fossorial skink genera of southern Africa, which are limbless or have degenerate limbs. It occurs in parts of the Namib Desert and the northern Kalahari Basin. In this generic revision six species, one with three subspecies, are recognised. The confused description of T. punctatissimus (Bocage, 1895) which has previously been addressed by Andersson (1916), is further discussed. T. bogerti Laurent is relegated to subspecies level of above species and T. p. brainei is described as a new and third subspecies. An apparently new species is recognised as one which was described as T. johnsonii in 1916 already. T. rudebecki is described as a new species and T. gracilis Roux, T. rohani Angel, as well as T. brevipes FitzSimons, are each treated as full species. Keywords: Reptilia, Scincidae, Typhlacontias, new species and subspecies, systematics, biogeography, southern Africa, Namib desert, Kalahari.