It is also known as the Common Scaly Foot – awesome lizards.
If you look carefully along the line of the mouth, at the end of the head/skull, you can see the external opening to the ear, which snakes do not possess. Also, the vent is locate about one third of the way along its length and either side of this can be found the vestigial hind limbs = scaly flaps. They are quite large and obvious in this genus. If you give it a spray with a fine mist of water over the face, it will usually wipe its eye spectacle with its tongue. The tongue is typically lizard-like, being broad and fleshy and not think and forked like snakes. The fact that the tail (vent to tail tip) is longer than the body (snout to vent) is another lizard feature, as the tail of snakes is never more than about a quarter of their total length and usually considerably less.
They also come in plain grey in WA but the striped formed is considerably more common.