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Lerista baynesi STORR, 1971

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bayne's Slider 
SynonymLerista picturata baynesi STORR 1971
Lerista picturata — COGGER 1983: 176
Lerista baynesi — STORR 1991
Lerista picturata baynesi — COGGER 2000: 528
Aphroditia baynesi — WELLS 2012: 167
Lerista baynesi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (SE Western Australia and SW South Australia)

Type locality: Eucla, 31° 43’ S, 128° 5YE, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R24609 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large Lerista with one finger (terminating in wide flat scale), two toes, movable eyelid, two supraoculars and very weak to moderately strong pattern (four dark dorsal lines or rows of spots present or absent, and upper lateral stripe narrow and either solid, hollow or diffuse). Further differing from L. picturata in its shorter appendages, fewer subdigital lamellae, more greyish upper surface and whitish rather than yellow lower surface; it is also slightly smaller and more elongate. (Storr 1991)


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CommentLimb morphology: 0 digits, 2 toes 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Alexander Baynes (b. 1944), an Australian mammalogist and former Curator of Palaeontology, Western Australian Museum. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Storr G M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia Scincidae) of Southern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 15 (3): 529-534. - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1971. The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 54: 59-75
  • Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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