Lerista baynesi

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Lerista baynesi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. baynesi
Binomial name
Lerista baynesi
Storr, 1971
Synonyms [2]
  • Lerista picturata baynesi
    Storr, 1971
  • Lerista baynesi
    — Storr, 1991

Lerista baynesi, also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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Etymology

The specific name, baynesi, is in honor of Alexander Baynes (born 1944), who is an Australian mammalogist and paleontologist. [3]

Geographic range

L. baynesi is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. baynesi are savanna and shrubland. [1]

Description

L. baynesi has no front legs, and very small hind legs. Each hind leg has two toes. [2]

Reproduction

L. baynesi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cogger H, Shea G (2017). "Lerista baynesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109475031A109475034. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109475031A109475034.en. Downloaded on 16 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lerista baynesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. 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 baynesi, p. 20).

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