Four-toed earless skink
| Four-toed earless skink | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Hemiergis |
| Species: | H. peronii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[2]
Geographic range
H. peronii is found in coastal and subcoastal areas of the following Australian states: Western Australia, South Australia, and western Victoria.[3]
Description
H. peronii has an average snout-vent length of 8 cm (3.1 in).[3]
References
- ↑ "Hemiergis peronii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- 1 2 "Lowlands Earless Skink". Australian Reptiles Online Database. Stewart Macdonald. 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
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