Three-toed Earless Skink

Three-toed Earless Skink

Taxobox
name = Three-toed Earless Skink


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Hemiergis"
species = "H. decresiensis"
binomial = "Hemiergis decresiensis"
binomial_authority = Cuvier, 1829The Three-toed Earless Skink, "Hemiergis decresiensis", is a semi-viviparous Earless Skink from southeastern Australia. It is common in swamp gum forest. [ [http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm A listing of Australian Skinks] www.kingsnake.com 10 January 2001 (accessed 15 January,2007]

It is a burrowing species characterised by a very elongated body, small limbs, and a long tail. It has only three small toes on each limb. It lays several oval-shaped eggs that hatch only a few days later.

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