Earless skinks | |
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Hemiergis peronii — Peron's earless skink or lowlands earless skink | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
Genus: |
Hemiergis Wagler, 1830 |
Type species | |
Tridactylus decresiensis Cuvier, 1829
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Species | |
7 species (see text) |
The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All earless skinks are native to Australia. [1] [2]
There are seven species: [1] [2]
Two additional species, H. graciloides and H. maccoyi, have been included in this genus but both are now classified in other genera. [3]
Earless skinks | |
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Hemiergis peronii — Peron's earless skink or lowlands earless skink | |
Scientific classification
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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) |
The earless skinks form the genus Hemiergis in the skink family Scincidae. All earless skinks are native to Australia. [1] [2]
There are seven species: [1] [2]
Two additional species, H. graciloides and H. maccoyi, have been included in this genus but both are now classified in other genera. [3]