Anomalopus
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Anomalopus
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = Sauria
| familia = Scincidae
| genus = Anomalopus
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Anomalopus brevicollis
Anomalopus gowi
Anomalopus leuckartii
Anomalopus mackayi
Anomalopus pluto
Anomalopus swansoni
Anomalopus verreauxi
}}
Anomalopus is a genus of smallish smooth-scaled burrowing skinks from Australia. The Five-clawed Worm-skink is a dark brown reptile growing to 10 cm, similar to Anomalopus leuckartii but with a distinctly didactyle (having two digits) hindlimb, a central dark spot within each individual scale and is yellow-green below with darker flecks (Cogger 2000).