Lerista edwardsae, also known commonly as the Myall slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of South Australia.[2]
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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. edwardsae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista edwardsae Storr, 1982
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Etymology edit
The specific name, edwardsae, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Adrienne Edwards.[3]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of L. edwardsae are forest and shrubland.[1]
Description edit
L. edwardsae has no front legs, and each back leg has two digits.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Fenner, A.; Hutchinson, M.; McDonald, P.; Robertson, P. (2018). "Lerista edwardsae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109475847A109475864. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475847A109475864.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lerista edwardsae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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 edwardsae, p. 80).
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.
- Storr GM (1982). "Four New Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western and South Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 10 (1): 1–9. (Lerista picturata edwardsae, new subspecies, pp. 1–4, Figures 1–2).
- Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Southern Australia". Rec. Western Australian Mus. 15 (3): 529–533. (Lerista edwardsae, new taxonomic status, p. 533).
- 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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