| Three-toed earless skink | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Sphenomorphidae |
| Genus: | Hemiergis |
| Species: | H. decresiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiergis decresiensis (Cuvier, 1829) | |
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The three-toed earless skink (Hemiergis decresiensis) is a viviparous earless skink from southeastern Australia. [2]
Hemiergis decresiensis is a thin, smooth-scaled lizard with short legs, a movable, transparent lower eyelid and no visible ear opening. It is a burrowing species with only three small toes on each limb.
The upper surface is a rich brown colour with a few dark brown stripes or spots. Its sides are greyish brown with darker spots and there is a narrow dark brown line along the side of the head and through the eye. [3]
It lays several oval-shaped eggs that hatch only a few days later.
