Earless Skink
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{{Taxobox
| color = pink
| name = Earless Skinks
| image = Hemiergis decresiensis.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Squamata
| subordo = Sauria
| familia = Scincidae
| genus = Hemiergis
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Hemiergis decresiensis
Hemiergis initialis
Hemiergis millewae
Hemiergis peronii
Hemiergis quadrilineatum
}}
The Earless Skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All are found in Australia.
Genus Hemiergis
- Three-toed Earless Skink, Hemiergis decresiensis
- South-western Earless Skink Hemiergis initialis
- Triodia Earless Skink, Hemiergis millewae
- Peron's Earless Skink or Lowlands Earless Skink, Hemiergis peronii
- Two-toed Earless Skink, Hemiergis quadrilineatum
Two additional species, H. graciloides and H. maccoyi, have been reported but both are now classified in other genera.