Lerista humphriesi

Lerista humphriesi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. humphriesi
Binomial name
Lerista humphriesi Storr, 1971

Lerista humphriesi, also known commonly as Humphries' lerista and the taper-tailed west-coast slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, humphriesi, is in honor of Australian ecologist Robert B. Humphries. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. humphriesi are grassland and shrubland. ^[1]

Description

L. humphriesi is completely limbless. ^[2]

References

1. Gaikhorst, G.; Cowan, M.; Lloyd, R.; How, R. (2017). "Lerista humphriesi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109476418A109476424. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109476418A109476424.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lerista humphriesi 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 humphriesi, p. 127).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Storr GM (1971). "The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia54: 59–75. (Lerista humphriesi, new species, p. 70).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.