Three-toed earless skink

Three-toed earless skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Hemiergis
Species: H. decresiensis
Binomial name
Hemiergis decresiensis
(Cuvier, 1829)

The three-toed earless skink, Hemiergis decresiensis, is a viviparous earless skink from southeastern Australia. It is common in swamp gum forest.[2]

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.

References

  1. Hutchinson, M.N. (2010). "Hemiergis decresiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T178734A7605470. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. A listing of Australian Skinks www.kingsnake.com 10 January 2001 (accessed 15 January 2007
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