Lerista timida, the dwarf three-toed slider or wood mulch-slider, is a species of skink found in Australia.

[5] It can be found in greyish brown to bronze colour with commonly 4 narrow, longitudinal blackish lines which can be composed of a series of dots spanning along the back.

[3] There is commonly a dark upper lateral stripe, spanning from the contracting or separated nostril, through the eye and above the ear along to the end of the tail.

It is commonly found under rocks, logs and leaf litter in various forest, woodland and shrubland communities where it forages for small invertebrates.

[5] Lerista timida are oviparous reptiles with the females producing a single clutch of two eggs in late spring.

[5] These fossorial habits may have formed due to an increase in seasonally dry and arid habitats resulting in the emergence of the Lerista genus.