Two-toed earless skink
Hemiergis quadrilineata


A large nocturnal skink for this genus with a long tail.  It has two fingers and two toes and no ears.  I hate digging in my garden as I don't want to chop one of these skinks that I find frequently beneath the surface.

 

These are the claws of the skink magnified 60x by a microscope.

 

 

What do they eat? 

Probably insects and possibly insect larvae.

 

This one was found in my yard in March. Come back soon  to see our video of this skink

This skink has a much blunter nose than the Perth Lined lerista it is also stocker. 

Prefers sandy and limestone-based soils on the coastal plain and islands of south-western WA from Geraldton in the north to Bunbury in the south.

They flick out their little tongues to probably taste the air and to keep their eyes clean. They may not have ears but they can blink.

 They will also leap to get away from a predator such as me holding it.

This species of skink has 2-5 livebearing offspring.  

The belly is sometimes yellow.

This one was brought to me as it had been chopped by the spade while gardening.  It was from Leeming.  What you are seeing when you run your mouse over the photo is the belly magnified 60x.

Text;
"Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region" by Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson.
"Australian Reptiles A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia" by Stephen K Wilson, David G Knowles.


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