Lerista wilkinsi

Lerista wilkinsi, also known commonly as the two-toed fine-lined slider and Wilkins' lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]

Lerista wilkinsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. wilkinsi
Binomial name
Lerista wilkinsi
(Parker, 1926)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lygosoma wilkinsi
    Parker, 1926
  • Rhodona wilkinsi
    — M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Lerista wilkinsi
    — Greer, 1967

Etymology

The specific name, wilkinsi, is in honour of Australian explorer George Hubert Wilkins.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. wilkinsi are forest and savanna.[1]

Reproduction

Lerista wilkinsi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Vanderduys E, Amey A, Couper P, Hobson R (2018). "Lerista wilkinsi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109477729A109477741. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109477729A109477741.en. Downloaded on 25 June 2020.
  2. Lerista wilkinsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista wilkinsi, p. 285).

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 wilkinsi, new combination, p. 19).
  • Parker HW (1926). "New Reptiles and a new Frog from Queensland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 17: 665–670. (Lygosoma wilkinsi, new species, p. 667).
  • Smith MA (1937). "A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies". Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213–234. (Rhodona wilkinsi, new combination, p. 230).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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