NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Lowlands Earless Skink
Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
North Adelaide Arid Zone, South Australia.
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Four-toed earless skink; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:08:52.366642+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1831)
- Common name
- Lowlands Earless Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Hemiergis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilySphenomorphinae
- genusHemiergis
- speciesHemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemiergis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Triodia Earless SkinkHemiergis millewae Coventry, 1976 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-toed Earless SkinkHemiergis quadrilineatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Victoria Three-toed Earless SkinkHemiergis talbingoensis Copland, 1946 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-toed Earless SkinkHemiergis decresiensis (Cuvier, 1829) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South-western Mulch-skinkHemiergis gracilipes (Steindachner, 1870) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southwestern Earless SkinkHemiergis initialis (Werner, 1910) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lygosoma peronii tridactylum Boulenger, 1915 Boulenger, 1915 | synonym |
| Lygosoma | synonym |
| Seps peronii Fitzinger, 1826 Fitzinger, 1826 | synonym |
| Hemiergis woodwardi Lucas & Frost, 1902 Lucas & Frost, 1902 | synonym |
| Tetradactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 Cuvier, 1829 | synonym |
| Seps peronii Gray, 1831 Gray, 1831 | synonym |
| Chiamela duvaucellii Gray, 1839 Gray, 1839 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hemiergis&species=peronii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KNNV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.