Four-toed earless skink
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ Craig, M.; Valentine, L.; Ford, S. (2017). "Hemiergis peronii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109472775A109472785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109472775A109472785.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Hemiergis peronii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemiergis peronii, p. 203).
  4. ^ a b "Lowlands Earless Skink". Australian Reptiles Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

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