Thwaites's skink

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Thwaites's skink
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Chalcidoseps Boulenger, 1887
Species:	C. thwaitesi
Binomial name
Chalcidoseps thwaitesi (Günther, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
Nessia thwaitesi Günther, 1872 Chalcidoseps thwaitesi — Boulenger, 1887

Thwaites's skink (Chalcidoseps thwaitesi), also known commonly as the fourtoe snakeskink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka.