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Earless skink
Genus of lizards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All earless skinks are native to Australia.[1][2]
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Earless skinks | |
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Hemiergis peronii — Peron's earless skink or lowlands earless skink | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
Genus: | Hemiergis Wagler, 1830 |
Type species | |
Tridactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829 | |
Species | |
7 species (see text) |
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