| Hemiergis gracilipes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Hemiergis |
| Species: | H. gracilipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiergis gracilipes (Steindachner, 1870) | |
The south-western mulch-skink (Hemiergis gracilipes) is a species of skink found in Western Australia. [2]
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are mostly found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.
The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All earless skinks are native to Australia.
The three-toed earless skink is a viviparous earless skink from southeastern Australia.
The San Lucan skink is a skink native to the Baja California Peninsula.
The western blue-tongued lizard, also known as the western blue-tongued skink, is a large skink native to Australia. It is one of six species of blue-tongued skinks found in Australia, though further species are found in New Guinea and Indonesia.
The Peters's musk shrew is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.
The two-toed earless skink(Hemiergis quadrilineatus) is a common species of skink found in coastal south-western Western Australia. It is characterised by its long tail, an absence of ear-holes, shiny skin, yellow underside and short weak limbs, each of which with only two toes. It can grow to be over 10 cm in length, however the average size is approximately 7.5 cm. It also exhibits a snake-like movement, and due to the small size and non-functionality of limbs in locomotion, it is often referred to as a legless lizard.
The four-toed earless skink, also known commonly as Péron's earless skink, the lowlands earless skink, or the four-toed mulch skink, is a viviparous earless skink endemic to southern Australia.
Gracixalus gracilipes, commonly known as the Chapa bubble-nest frog, black eye-lidded small tree frog, yellow and black-spotted tree frog or slender-legged bush frog, is a species of shrub frog from northern Vietnam, southern China, and northwestern Thailand.
Tiliqua scincoides is a species of skink. It is native to Australia as well as to the Tanimbar and Babar Islands in the Maluku Province of Indonesia.
The Western mourning skink is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. It is also called the western glossy swamp skink.
The southwestern cool-skink is a species of skink.
The Kimberley crevice-skink is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
The night skink or nocturnal desert-skink, striated egernia is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to western Australia.
The three-toed skink can refer to several animals, all of the family Scincidae:
The mosaic desert skink is a species of skink found in Western Australia.
The southwestern earless skink is a species of skink found in South Australia and Western Australia.
The Triodia earless skink is a species of skink found in Australia.
The Victoria three-toed earless skink is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia.
The dwarf three-toed slider or wood mulch-slider is a species of skink found in Australia. Other common names for the species include timid slider and dwarf burrowing skink. The skink is a member of the Lerista genus which are confined to continental Australia and are mostly a burrowing species of skink. The genus consists of consists elongated, smooth-scaled, Fossorial lizards that are specialized for life in the upper soils and dry leaf litter through which they slide using Lateral undulation as a form of locomotive action, giving rise to their nickname as sliders. They normally emerge of a night-time to hunt for small Invertebrates such as ants, termites and insects. If disturbed, they dive immediately into any loose substrate to avoid predation, this behavior leaves behind a distinctive disrupted wavy track that often found on sandy flats or dunes, roads and tracks.
