Earless skink
The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All earless skinks are native to Australia.[1][2]
| Earless skinks | |
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| Hemiergis peronii — Peron's earless skink or lowlands earless skink | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Hemiergis Wagler, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Tridactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 | |
| Species | |
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7 species (see text) | |
Species
There are seven species:[1][2]
- Hemiergis decresiensis (Cuvier, 1829) — three-toed earless skink
- Hemiergis gracilipes (Steindachner, 1870) — south-western mulch-skink
- Hemiergis initialis (Werner, 1910) — southwestern 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.[3]
References
- Hemiergis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 March 2016.
- Stewart Macdonald. "Earless skinks Hemiergis - Wagler, 1830". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- "Search results for Common name or synonym: Hemiergis". Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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