Lerista storri
| Lerista storri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. storri
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| 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
[edit]The specific name, storri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]L. storri is found in Queensland in Australia.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. storri is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]L. storri has no front legs. The back legs are rudimentary, short, and styliform.[3]
Behaviour
[edit]L. storri locomotes by "sand swimming".[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b c Lerista storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Greer et al. (1983).
Further reading
[edit]- 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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