Lerista viduata

Lerista viduata
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. viduata
Binomial name
Lerista viduata Storr, 1991

The Ravensthorpe Range slider (Lerista viduata) is a species of skink found in Western Australia. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr in 1991. ^[3]

Geographic range and habitat

L. viduata is only found in the Ravensthorpe Range, near Ravensthorpe, and generally lives in loose soil, plant matter, and beneath rocks and logs. ^[4]

Conservation

A study published by CSIRO Publishing in 2024 found the species to be Critically Endangered. ^[4]

References

1. Teale, R.; Craig, M.; Valentine, L. (2017). "Lerista viduata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109477698A109477721. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109477698A109477721.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lerista viduata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. G.M. Storr (28 June 1991). "Revision of Lerista microtis (Lacertilia: Scincidae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum . 15 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
4. "A noodle in a haystack: determining the conservation status of the rare and Data Deficient Ravensthorpe Range slider, Lerista viduata". Pacific Conservation Biology. CSIRO Publishing. 2024. doi:10.1071/PC24048. Archived from the original on 4 October 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2025.