Praeteropus gowi, also known commonly as Gow's burrowing skink and the speckled worm-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.

[2] The specific name, gowi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Graeme Francis Gow.

[3] The preferred natural habitats of P. gowi are forest and shrubland.

It has scaly, movable eyelids.