Lerista wilkinsi, also known commonly as the two-toed fine-lined slider and Wilkins' lerista, 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. wilkinsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista wilkinsi (Parker, 1926)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, wilkinsi, is in honour of Australian explorer George Hubert Wilkins.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. wilkinsi are forest and savanna.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Lerista wilkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109477729A109477741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109477729A109477741.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lerista wilkinsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista wilkinsi, p. 285).
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.
- Greer AE (1967). "A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards". Breviora (267): 1–19. (Lerista wilkinsi, new combination, p. 19).
- Parker HW (1926). "New Reptiles and a new Frog from Queensland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 665–670. (Lygosoma wilkinsi, new species, p. 667).
- Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Rhodona wilkinsi, new combination, p. 230).
- 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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