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Hemiergis peronii (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lowlands Earless Skink 
SynonymSeps peronii FITZINGER 1826: 53 (nom. nud. based on T. descresiensis)
Tetradactylus decresiensis CUVIER 1829: 64
Seps peronii GRAY 1831
Chiamela duvaucellii GRAY 1839: 333 (fide COGGER 1983)
Tetradactylus decresiensis — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 764
Hemiergis peronii — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 82
Hemiergis woodwardi LUCAS & FROST 1902: 77
Lygosoma (Hemiergis) quadridigitatum WERNER 1910: 480 (nom. nov.)
Lygosoma peronii tridactylum BOULENGER 1915
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) peroni — SMITH 1937: 224
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) woodwardi — SMITH 1937: 224
Hemiergis peronii — MITTLEMAN 1952: 28
Lygosoma (Leiolepisma) peronii — GLAUERT 1960
Hemiergis quadridigitatum — GLAUERT 1960: 92
Hemiergis tridactylum — GLAUERT 1960: 92
Hemiergis peronii — COGGER 1983: 165
Hemiergis peronii — COGGER 2000: 502
Hemiergis peronii tridactyla — WWW 2006
Hemiergis peronii — SKINNER et al. 2013 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: Ile Decrès [Kangaroo Island, SA]  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 3040, 7135, 7136, 7136A, NMW 9961, collected Péron & Lesueur.
Syntypes: MNHN-RA 3040, MNHN-RA 7135, MNHN-RA 7136 (2 specimens), NHMW = NMW 9961, from Kangaroo Is., S. A. [Tetradactylus decresiensis]
Holotype: none designated, MNHP (presumed lost), from King George's Sound, W. A. [Chiamela duvaucellii]
Holotype: MNHN-RA 7140, from Australia [Chelomeles quadrilineatus]
Holotype: NMV DI 1772, from W. A. [Hemiergis woodwardi]
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.17.65-66, from Yallingup, SW Australia [Lygosoma peronii tridactylum] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1599 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentTetradactylus decresiensis CUVIER has long been regarded as a homonym of Tridactylus decresiensis CUVIER. Lygosoma (Hemiergis) quadridigitatum WERNER 1910 is a nomen novum pro Seps peronii FITZINGER 1826. Synonymy mostly after COGGER 1983 who also believed that Fitzinger's Seps Peronii is based on Tetradactylus degesiensis = Hemiergis degresiensis and thus is a nomen nudum. Heteropus Peronii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839 has been removed from the synonymy of Hemiergis peronii and is now Carlia peronii.

Limb morphology: 4 digits, 4 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Brandley et al 2008; some populations are 3, 3 in WA) 
EtymologyNamed after François Peron (1775-1810), a French voyager and naturalist. 
References
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