The nubbinned fine-lined slider (Lerista colliveri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
| Lerista colliveri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. colliveri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista colliveri | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, colliveri, is in honor of Frederick Stanley "Stan" Colliver (1908–1991), who was an Australian geologist and malacologist.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. colliveri are forest and savanna.[1]
Description
editLarge for its genus, L. colliveri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.4 cm (3.3 in), and a tail length of 12.7 cm (5.0 in). It has very reduced limbs. Each rear leg has only one digit, which has a claw, but each front leg is only a clawless "nubbin".[2][4]
Behavior
editL. colliveri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P.; Sanderson, C. (2018). "Lerista colliveri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109475470A109475511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475470A109475511.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lerista colliveri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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 colliveri, p. 57).
- ^ Couper PJ, Ingram GJ (1992).
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Couper PJ, Ingram GJ (1992). "A new species of skink of Lerista from Queensland and a re-appraisal of L. allanae (Longman)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32 (1): 55–60. (Lerista colliveri, new species).
- Greer AE, Couper PJ (1998). "A further diagnostic character and some basic biological information for Lerista colliveri ". Mem. Queensland Mus. 42 (2): 474.
- 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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