Lerista edwardsae

Lerista edwardsae, also known commonly as the Myall slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of South Australia.[2]

Lerista edwardsae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. edwardsae
Binomial name
Lerista edwardsae
Storr, 1982
Synonyms[2]
  • Lerista picturata edwardsae
    Storr, 1982
  • Lerista edwardsae
    — Storr, 1991

Etymology

The specific name, edwardsae, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Adrienne Edwards.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. edwardsae are forest and shrubland.[1]

Description

L. edwardsae has no front legs, and each back leg has two digits.[2]

Reproduction

L. edwardsae is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Fenner, A.; Hutchinson, M.; McDonald, P.; Robertson, P. (2018). "Lerista edwardsae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109475847A109475864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475847A109475864.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Lerista edwardsae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. 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 edwardsae, p. 80).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Storr GM (1982). "Four New Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western and South Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 10 (1): 1–9. (Lerista picturata edwardsae, new subspecies, pp. 1–4, Figures 1–2).
  • Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Southern Australia". Rec. Western Australian Mus. 15 (3): 529–533. (Lerista edwardsae, new taxonomic status, p. 533).
  • 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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