Lerista
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Lerista is a diverse (~ 90 species) genus of skinks endemic to Australia, commonly known as sliders.[1]
Description
The genus is especially notable for the variation in the amount of limb reduction.[2][3] The variation ranges from short-bodied forms with large legs bearing five toes, to elongate forms completely lacking legs. The body length of the lizards is Script error: No such module "convert".. Their locomotion is linked to their body shape. The shorter skinks with prominent limbs travel on the surface; the longer skinks with reduced legs tend to burrow more. A phylogenetic tree of Lerista, derived from DNA analysis, reveals that limb loss has happened multiple times within this group.[4][5] Limb loss has occurred relatively recently, in the past 3.6 million years or so.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[6]
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Note: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lerista.
- Lerista aericeps Storr, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – desert plain slider
- Lerista alia Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bulleringa fine-lined slider
- Lerista allanae (Longman, 1937)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Allan's lerista, Allan's skink, greater robust fine-lined slider
- Lerista allochira Kendrick, 1989Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cape Range slider
- Lerista ameles Greer, 1979Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – limbless fine-lined slider
- Lerista amicorum L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Fortescue three-toed slider
- Lerista anyara Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Olkola slider skink
- Lerista apoda Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dampier Land limbless slider
- Lerista arenicola Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – bight slider
- Lerista axillaris Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – stripe-sided robust slider
- Lerista baynesi Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bayne's slider
- Lerista bipes (Fischer, 1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – north-western sandslider
- Lerista borealis Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – inland Kimberley slider
- Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bougainville's skink
- Lerista bunglebungle Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bunglebungle robust slider
- Lerista carpentariae Greer, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Carpentaria fine-lined slider
- Lerista chalybura Storr, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pilbara blue-tailed slider
- Lerista chordae Amey, Kutt & Hutchinson, 2005Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – lyre-patterned slider
- Lerista christinae Storr, 1979Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – bold-striped slider, Christina's lerista
- Lerista cinerea Greer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – vine-thicket fine-lined slider
- Lerista clara L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – sharp-blazed three-toed slider
- Lerista colliveri Couper & Ingram, 1992Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – nubbinned fine-lined slider
- Lerista connivens Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – blinking broad-blazed slider
- Lerista desertorum (Sternfeld, 1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Central Deserts robust slider
- Lerista distinguenda (F. Werner, 1910)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – south-western orange-tailed slider
- Lerista dorsalis Storr, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern slider
- Lerista edwardsae Storr, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Myall slider
- Lerista elegans (Gray, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – elegant slider
- Lerista elongata Storr, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – wide-striped mulch slider
- Lerista emmotti Ingram, Couper & Donnellan, 1993Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Noonbah robust slider
- Lerista eupoda L.A. Smith, 1996Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Meekatharra slider
- Lerista flammicauda Storr, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pilbara flame-tailed slider
- Lerista fragilis (Günther, 1876)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – eastern mulch-slider
- Lerista frosti (F. Zietz, 1920)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – centralian slider
- Lerista gascoynensis Storr, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gascoyne broad-blazed slider
- Lerista gerrardii (Gray, 1864)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – bold-striped robust slider
- Lerista greeri Storr, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – south-eastern Kimberley sandslider
- Lerista griffini Storr, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – stout sandslider
- Lerista haroldi Storr, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gnaraloo mulch-slider
- Lerista hobsoni Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lerista humphriesi Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – taper-tailed west-coast slider
- Lerista ingrami Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – McIvor River slider
- Lerista ips Storr, 1980Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – robust duneslider
- Lerista jacksoni L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jackson's three-toed slider, Jackson's slider
- Lerista kalumburu Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kalumburu slider
- Lerista karlschmidti Marx & Hosmer, 1959Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – lesser robust fine-lined slider
- Lerista kendricki Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dark broad-blazed slider
- Lerista kennedyensis Kendrick, 1989Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kennedy Range broad-blazed slider
- Lerista kingi L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – King's three-toed slider, King's slider
- Lerista labialis Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern sandslider
- Lerista lineata Bell, 1833Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Perth slider
- Lerista lineopunctulata A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dotted-line robust slider, West Coast line-spotted lerista
- Lerista macropisthopus (F. Werner, 1903)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – unpatterned robust slider
- Lerista micra L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – micro three-toed slider, little slider
- Lerista microtis (Gray, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – south-western slider
- Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – wood mulch-slider, Mueller's three-toed lerista
- Lerista neander Storr, 1971Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pilbara robust slider
- Lerista nevinae L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Nevin's three-toed slider, Nevin's slider
- Lerista nichollsi (Loveridge, 1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – inland broad-blazed slider
- Lerista occulta L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – hidden three-toed slider, Carnarvon slider
- Lerista onsloviana Storr, 1984Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Onslow broad-blazed slider
- Lerista orientalis (De Vis, 1889)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – north-eastern orange-tailed slider
- Lerista parameles Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chillagoe fine-lined slider
- Lerista petersoni Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – pale broad-blazed slider
- Lerista picturata (D. Fry, 1914)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern robust slider
- Lerista planiventralis (Lucas & C. Frost, 1902)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – keeled slider
- Lerista praefrontalis Greer, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Yampi sandslider
- Lerista praepedita (Boulenger, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western worm lerista, blunt-tailed west-coast slider
- Lerista punctatovittata (Günther, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – eastern robust slider
- Lerista puncticauda Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dotty-tailed robust slider
- Lerista quadrivincula Shea, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – four-chained slider
- Lerista robusta Storr, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – brad-eyed sandslider
- Lerista rochfordensis Amey & Couper, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rochford slider
- Lerista rolfei L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rolfe's three-toed slider, Rolfe's slider
- Lerista separanda Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dampierland plain slider
- Lerista simillima Storr, 1984Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Fitzroy sandslider
- Lerista speciosa Storr, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – pale-striped mulch-slider
- Lerista stictopleura Storr, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – spotted broad-blazed slider
- Lerista storri Greer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mount Surprise slider, Storr's lerista
- Lerista stylis (F. J. Mitchell, 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Arnhem Coast fine-lined slider
- Lerista taeniata Storr, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – ribbon slider, ribbon lerista
- Lerista terdigitata (Parker, 1926)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - robust mulch-slider
- Lerista timida (De Vis, 1888)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dwarf three-toed slider, wood mulch-slider
- Lerista tridactyla Storr, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dark-backed mulch-slider
- Lerista uniduo Storr, 1984Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – slender broad-blazed slider
- Lerista vanderduysi Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2016Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – leaden-bellied fine-lined slider
- Lerista varia Storr, 1986Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Shark Bay broad-blazed slider
- Lerista verhmens L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – powerful three-toed slider
- Lerista vermicularis Storr, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – slender duneslider
- Lerista viduata Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Ravensthorpe Range slider
- Lerista vittata Greer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mount Cooper striped lerista, side-striped fine-lined slider
- Lerista walkeri (Boulenger, 1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – coastal Kimberley slider
- Lerista wilkinsi (Parker, 1926)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – two-toed fine-lined slider
- Lerista xanthura Storr, 1976Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – yellow-tailed plain slider
- Lerista yuna Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Yuna broad-blazed slider
- Lerista zonulata Storr, 1991Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – north-eastern orange-tailed slider
References
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- ↑ Genus Lerista at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- Bell, Thomas (1833). "Characters of two New Genera of Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833 (1): 98–99. (Lerista, new genus, p. 99).