Three-toed Earless Skink
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(Redirected from Hemiergis decresiensis)
{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Three-toed Earless Skink | image = Hemiergis decresiensis.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptilia | ordo = Squamata | subordo = Sauria | familia = Scincidae | genus = Hemiergis | species = H. decresiensis | binomial = Hemiergis decresiensis | binomial_authority = Cuvier, 1829 }} The Three-toed Earless Skink, Hemiergis decresiensis, is a semi-viviparious Earless Skink from southeastern Australia. It is common in swamp gum forest.
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.
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