Earless Skink

Earless Skink

Taxobox
name = Earless Skinks


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Hemiergis"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Hemiergis decresiensis"
"Hemiergis initialis"
"Hemiergis millewae"
"Hemiergis peronii"
"Hemiergis quadrilineatum"
The Earless Skinks form the genus "Hemiergis" in the skink family Scincidae. All are found in Australia.

Genus "Hemiergis"
*Three-toed Earless Skink, "Hemiergis decresiensis"
*South-western Earless Skink "Hemiergis initialis"
*Triodia Earless Skink, "Hemiergis millewae"
*Peron's Earless Skink or Lowlands Earless Skink, "Hemiergis peronii"
*Two-toed Earless Skink, "Hemiergis quadrilineatum"

Two additional species, "H. graciloides" and "H. maccoyi", have been reported but both are now classified in other genera.


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