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)
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.

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d 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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