Lerista storri

Lerista storri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. storri
Binomial name
Lerista storri

Lerista storri, also known commonly as the Mount Surprise slider or Storr's lerista, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, storri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.[2]

Geographic range

L. storri is found in Queensland in Australia.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. storri is forest.[1]

Description

L. storri has no front legs. The back legs are rudimentary, short, and styliform.[3]

Behaviour

L. storri locomotes by "sand swimming".[4]

Reproduction

L. storri is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Vanderduys, E.; Couper, P.; Amey, A.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Lerista storri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109477586A109477591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109477586A109477591.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista storri, p. 256).
  3. ^ a b c Lerista storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  4. ^ Greer et al. (1983).

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, McDonald KR, Lawrie BC (1983). "Three New Species of Lerista (Scincidae) from Northern Queensland with a Diagnosis of the Wilkinsi [sic] Species Group". Journal of Herpetology 17 (3): 247–255. (Lerista storri, new species).
  • 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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