Lerista kingi, also known commonly as King's slider and King's three-toed slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]
| Lerista kingi | |
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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. kingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista kingi L.A. Smith & Adams, 2007
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Etymology
editThe specific name, kingi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Dennis King (1942–2002).[2][3]
Description
editL. kingi has three digits on each of its four feet.[2] Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) and are brown dorsally.[4] It has a fused lower eyelid, paired frontoparietal scales, and five supraciliary scales.[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. kingi are shrubland and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gaikhorst, G.; Cowan, M.; Teale, R.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.; How, R. (2017). "Lerista kingi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109476573A109476576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109476573A109476576.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lerista kingi 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 kingi, p. 141).
- ^ a b Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Lerista kingi, pp. 370–371).
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2018). Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, Updated Seventh Edition. Clayton South, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxxii + 1,060 pp. ISBN 978-1486309696.
- 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 (4): 309–357. (Lerista kingi, new species, pp. 325–327, Figure 13).