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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)
	Order:	Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
	Family:	Skink (Scincidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Three-toed Earless Skink (Hemiergis decresiensis)
	This Photo:	S1, Back Legs
	Thank you John Fowler & Dr Mark Hutchinson for identifying and Asimakis Patitsas & Stephen Mahony for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere John, & independantly Mark, identified S1 here, which we had identified as Dwarf Three-toed Slider (Lerista timida), was in fact Hemiergis decresiensis. Mark said "Clearly shows the big eyes and snub nose that distinguish Hemiergis from Lerista."
	Copyright © 2012-2023 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Aug-2012
This species is classed as  LC (Least Concern)  in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)