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]

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. "Lowlands Earless Skink". Australian Reptiles Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Gray JE (1831). "The Animal Kingdom. Class Reptilia". In: Griffith E, Pidgeon E (1831). The Class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier with specific descriptions. (Volume IX in The Animal Kingdom series). London: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 481 pp. (Seps peronii, new species, p. 159).
• Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.