Four-toed earless skink

The four-toed earless skink (Hemiergis peronii), also known commonly as Péron's earless skink, the lowlands earless skink, or the four-toed mulch skink, is a viviparous earless skink endemic to southern Australia.

Four-toed earless skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Hemiergis
Species:	H. peronii
Binomial name
Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831)
Synonyms[2]
Seps peronii Gray, 1831 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) peroni [sic] — M.A. Smith, 1937 Hemiergis peronii — Mittleman, 1952

Etymology

The specific name, peronii, is in honor of François Péron, a French naturalist and explorer.^[3]

Geographic range

H. peronii is found in coastal and subcoastal areas of the following Australian states: Western Australia, South Australia, and western Victoria.^[4]

Description

H. peronii has an average snout-vent length of 8 cm (3.1 in).^[4]