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Lerista karlschmidti

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Species of lizard

Lerista karlschmidti
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species: L. karlschmidti
Binomial name
Lerista karlschmidti
(Marx & Hosmer, 1959)
Synonyms
  • Rhodona karlschmidti
    Marx & Hosmer, 1959
  • Lerista karlschmidti
    — Greer, 1967

Lerista karlschmidti, also known commonly as the lesser robust fine-lined slider, Karl's lerista, and Karl Schmidt's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. Its range is highly disjunct and it is likely that only the Queensland population (not seen after its original collection) represents L. karlschmidti, while the Northern Territory population is a distinct species.

Etymology

The specific name, karlschmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. karlschmidti are sandy desert, rocky areas, and dry forest.

Description

L. karlschmidti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in). It has 16–20 scale rows at midbody, two loreal scales, but no superciliary scales. It has no front legs. Each back leg is a stump with one clawed digit.

Reproduction

L. karlschmidti is oviparous, and breeds during the dry season.

References

  1. ^ Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Vanderduys, E.; Gillespie, G.; Amey, A.; McDonald, P. (2018). "Lerista karlschmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109476540A109476552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476540A109476552.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lerista karlschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2023.
  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 karlschmidti, p. 138).
  4. Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Lerista karlschmidti, pp. 370–371).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1967). "A New Generic Arrangement for some Australian Scincid Lizards". Breviora (267): 1–19. (Lerista karlschmidti, new combination, p. 19).
  • Marx H, Hosmer W (1959). "A New Skink from Australia". Copeia 1959 (3): 207–208. (Rhodona karlschmidti, new species).


Taxon identifiers
Lerista karlschmidti


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