Allan's lerista

Allan's lerista
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. allanae
Binomial name
	Lerista allanae; (Longman, 1937)
Synonyms
	Rhodona allanae; Longman, 1937; Lerista allanae; — Greer, 1967; Gavisus allanae; — Wells & Wellington, 1984; Lerista allanae; — Cogger, 2000;

Last updated October 02, 2025

Allan's lerista^[1] (Lerista allanae), also known commonly as Allan's skink^[3] and the greater robust fine-lined slider,^[2] is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. This rare species is endemic to Queensland, Australia.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, allanae, is in honor of "Mrs. P.C. Allan" who presented many interesting specimens to the Queensland Museum.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. allanae is forest.^[1]

Description

L. allanae has its limbs much reduced. It has no front legs, and each of its back legs has only one digit. The digit bears a claw.^[2]

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for L. allanae is 8.8 cm (3.5 in).^[2]

Reproduction

L. allanae is oviparous.^[2]

Conservation status

L. allanae is listed as "critically endangered" under the IUCN Red List,^[1] and as "endangered" on Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P. (2018). "Lerista allanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T11804A101743495. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T11804A101743495.en .
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lerista allanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 April 2020.
1 2 "Lerista allanae – Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista allanae, p. 5).

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 allanae, new combination, p. 19).
Longman HA (1937). "Herpetological Notes". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum11: 165–168. (Rhodona allanae, new species, p. 167).
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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[IUCN-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P. (2018). "Lerista allanae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T11804A101743495. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T11804A101743495.en .

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lerista allanae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 April 2020.

[Queensland-3] 1 2 "Lerista allanae – Allan's Lerista, Retro Slider". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista allanae, p. 5).

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