Lerista walkeri

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Lerista walkeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. walkeri
Binomial name
Lerista walkeri
(Boulenger, 1891)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Lygosoma walkeri
    Boulenger, 1891
  • Rhodona walkeri
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Lerista walkeri
    Greer, 1967
  • Marrunisauria walkeri
    Wells, 2012

Lerista walkeri, also known commonly as the coastal Kimberley slider and Walker's lerista, 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, walkeri, is in honor of British entomologist James John Walker. [3]

Geographic range

L. walkeri is found in Western Australia, Australia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. walkeri are forest, shrubland, and rocky areas. [1]

Description

L. walkeri has only two digits on each of its four feet. [2]

Reproduction

L. walkeri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cogger, H.; Shea, G. (2017). "Lerista walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T178457A101747428. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178457A101747428.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lerista walkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2020.
  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 walkeri, p. 279).

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