Lerista humphriesi, also known commonly as Humphries' lerista and the taper-tailed west-coast slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]
| Lerista humphriesi | |
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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. humphriesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista humphriesi Storr, 1971
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Etymology
editThe specific name, humphriesi, is in honor of Australian ecologist Robert B. Humphries.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. humphriesi are grassland and shrubland.[1]
Description
editL. humphriesi is completely limbless.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Gaikhorst, G.; Cowan, M.; Lloyd, R.; How, R. (2017). "Lerista humphriesi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109476418A109476424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109476418A109476424.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Lerista humphriesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista humphriesi, p. 127).
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.
- Storr GM (1971). "The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59–75. (Lerista humphriesi, new species, p. 70).
- 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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