Earless skink

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Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Scincidae		Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Rank Genus

Similar Three‑toed earless s, Morethia, Menetia, Eremiascincus, Lerista

Three toed earless skink

The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All are found in Australia.

There are seven species:

Hemiergis decresiensis (Cuvier, 1829) — three-toed earless skink

Hemiergis gracilipes (Steindachner, 1870) — south-western mulch-skink

Hemiergis initialis (Werner, 1910) — south-western earless skink

Hemiergis millewae Coventry, 1976 — Triodia earless skink

Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831) — four-toed earless skink, Peron's earless skink, or lowlands earless skink

Hemiergis quadrilineata (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) — two-toed earless skink

Hemiergis talbingoensis Copland, 1946 — eastern three-toed earless skink

Two additional species, H. graciloides and H. maccoyi, have been included in this genus but both are now classified in other genera.

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