The southern heath (bull) skink is characterised by its robust build, dorsal scales, and its coloration which varies from sandy to reddish-brown.

Unlike in Liopholis whitii, the flanks exhibit ambiguous pale and dark scales, seldom forming distinct ocelli (eye-like markings).

[3] In Victoria, all known heath skink populations occur in the Lowan Mallee bioregion, furthermore they are found within the Mallee Health Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) which is characterised by low open scrubland with heathy shrubs that are dominated by Banksia ornata (desert banksia), Leptospermum myrsinoides (heath tea tree) and Callitris verrocusa (scrub cypress pine).

[2] The heath skink exhibits ambush predation behaviour and primarily consumes a variety of invertebrates, most notably ants, beetles, and spiders, along with a limited intake of plant matter.

[9] Obeservations of closely related species indicate the heath skink is likely an opportunistic predator, consuming a wide array of insects, arachnids and crustaceans.

Its slow rate of maturation, reproduction and its sit-and-wait predatory style make heath skink vulnerable to stochastic events such as fire, as it does not have the capacity to increase foraging time in a resource depleted landscape.

[4] The impact of human-mediate climate change has been predicated to increase the severity, intensity and frequency of wildfires in southern Australia with more hot days and decreased rainfall.