Lerista walkeri

Lerista walkeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. walkeri
Binomial name
	Lerista walkeri; (Boulenger, 1891)
Synonyms
	Lygosoma walkeri; Boulenger, 1891; Rhodona walkeri; — M.A. Smith, 1937; Lerista walkeri; — Greer, 1967; Marrunisauria walkeri; — Wells, 2012;

Last updated October 03, 2025

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.

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]

References

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.
1 2 3 4 Lerista walkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2020.
↑ 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).

Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Scincoid Lizard from North-western Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series8: 405. (Lygosoma walkeri, new species).
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Skinner A, Lee MSY, Hutchinson MN (2008). "Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards". BMC Evolutionary Biology8: 310 [9 pages]. (Lerista walkeri, Figure 1).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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.

[RDB-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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