Lerista ingrami, also known commonly as the McIvor River slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
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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. ingrami
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista ingrami Storr, 1991
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Etymology
editThe specific name, ingrami, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Joseph Ingram.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. ingrami is coastal sand dunes.[1]
Description
editFor its genus, L. ingrami is slender, very pale, and very small. Its average snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 25 mm (0.98 in). It has four digits on each of its four feet. The eyelid is immovable, with a transparent "spectacle".[4]
Behavior
editL. ingrami is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P.; Sanderson, C. (2018). "Lerista ingrami ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109476480A109476485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476480A109476485.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Lerista ingrami 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 ingrami, p. 130).
- ^ Storr GM (1991).
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.
- Covacevich JA, Couper PJ, Roberts L (1997). "New data on Lerista ingrami, a rare skink from southern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Memmoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (1): 24.
- Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 51 (2): 413–417. (Lerista ingrami, new species, pp. 416–417).
- 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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