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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. humphriesi
Binomial name
Lerista humphriesi
Storr, 1971

Etymology

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The specific name, humphriesi, is in honor of Australian ecologist Robert B. Humphries.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitats of L. humphriesi are grassland and shrubland.[1]

Description

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L. humphriesi is completely limbless.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Lerista humphriesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ 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

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  • 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.