Allan's lerista

Allan's lerista[1] (Lerista allanae), also known commonly as Allan's skink[3] and the greater robust fine-lined slider,[2] is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. This rare species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

Allan's lerista
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. allanae
Binomial name
Lerista allanae
(Longman, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhodona allanae
    Longman, 1937
  • Lerista allanae
    — Greer, 1967
  • Gavisus allanae
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Lerista allanae
    — Cogger, 2000

Etymology

The specific name, allanae, is in honor of "Mrs. P.C. Allan" who presented many interesting specimens to the Queensland Museum.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. allanae is forest.[1]

Description

L. allanae has its limbs much reduced. It has no front legs, and each of its back legs has only one digit. The digit bears a claw.[2]

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for L. allanae is 8.8 cm (3.5 in).[2]

Reproduction

L. allanae is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

L. allanae is listed as "critically endangered" under the IUCN Red List,[1] and as "endangered" on Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.[3]

References
  1. Eric P. Vanderduys; Andrew P. Amey; Parick J. Couper (2018). "Lerista allanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T11804A101743495. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. Lerista allanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 April 2020.
  3. "Lerista allanae – Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista allanae, p. 5).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1967). "A New Generic Arrangement for some Australian Scincid Lizards". Breviora (267): 1–19. (Lerista allanae, new combination, p. 19).
  • Longman HA (1937). "Herpetological Notes". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 165–168. (Rhodona allanae, new species, p. 167).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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