Lerista haroldi

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Lerista haroldi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scinciformata
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Sphenomorphidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. haroldi
Binomial name
Lerista haroldi
Storr, 1983

Lerista haroldi, also known commonly as the Gnaraloo mulch-slider and Harold's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Australian state of Western Australia. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, haroldi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Gregory Harold. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. haroldi is grassland. [1]

Description

L. haroldi has three digits on each of its four feet. [2]

Reproduction

L. haroldi is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lloyd, R.; Gaikhorst, G. (2018). "Lerista haroldi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109476376A109476386. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476376A109476386.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Lerista haroldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. 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 haroldi, p. 116).

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