Lerista jacksoni, also known commonly as Jackson's lerista, Jackson's slider, and Jackson's three-toed 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 jacksoni | |
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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. jacksoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista jacksoni L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007
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Etymology
editThe specific name, jacksoni, is in honor of Gregory Jackson who is a layout artist for the Western Australian Museum.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of L. jacksoni is rocky areas.[1]
Description
editL. jacksoni has three digits on each of its four feet.[2][4] It has four supraciliaries, paired frontoparietals, and a fused lower eyelid.[4] It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.3 cm (1.7 in).[4]
Behavior
editL. jacksoni is terrestrial and saxicolous.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Oliver, P.; Doughty, P.; How, R. (2017). "Lerista jacksoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109476506A109476509. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109476506A109476509.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lerista jacksoni 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 jacksoni, p. 132).
- ^ a b c Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland. 688 pp. ISBN 9781925546712. (Lerista jacksoni, pp. 368–369).
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.
- Smith LA, Adams M (2007). "Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species". Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 309–357. (Lerista jacksoni, new species, pp. 324–325, Figure 11).
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