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Three-toed skink
Saiphos - Gray, 1831

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Statistics: Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 1 out of 1 Australian species

Size range:
Smallest Australian species: three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) at 7.5 cm
 Longest Australian species: three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) at 7.5 cm
Number of Australian species: 1
 

three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis)
Girraween National Park, Queensland
Photo © Stewart Macdonald
three-toed skink (Saiphos equalis) distribution range map Saiphos equalis
Three-toed skink
Year described
(Gray 1825)
Description
Three toes and three fingers. Lacks ear opening. Yellow belly. Moveable eyelid lacking transparent scales.

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