| Slender slider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Pletholax |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pletholax gracilis (Cope, 1864) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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The slender slider (Pletholax gracilis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. [3]
Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern Australia. [2]
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The Atherton delma is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family endemic to Australia.
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