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Lerista haroldi STORR, 1983

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gnaraloo Mulch-slider 
SynonymLerista haroldi STORR 1983
Miculia haroldi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34
Lerista haroldi — COGGER 2000: 521
Phaneropis haroldi — WELLS 2012: 71
Lerista haroldi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: White coastal and near-coastal sands of the upper west coast from Gnaraloo, south to Cape Cuvier)

Type locality: 1km S Gnaraloo, HS, WA [23°49'S 113°31'E].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R81199. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from members of the L. muelleri species group in Western Australia with fused frontoparietals (L. allochira, L.amicorum a nd L.rhodonoides) by having paired frontoparietals. Distinguished from other Western Australian members of the species group with paired frontoparietal and 1+2, four or five supraciliaries (L. clara, L. jacksoni, L. kingi, L. muelleri, L, micra, L.nevinae, L. occulta, L. rolfei and L. vehmens) by the lack of lateral or dorsal pattern (dorsal and upper lateral pattern present in L.clara, L.jacksoni, L.kingi, L.muelleri, L,micra,L.nevinae, L.occulta, L.rolfei and L.vehmens). 
CommentLimb morphology: 3 digits, 3 toes

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyNamed after Gregory Harold, a biologisrwho worked with Storr. 
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
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Skinner, Adam; Michael S Y Lee and Mark N Hutchinson 2008. Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards. [Lerista]. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8:310 - get paper here
  • Smith, LA; Adams, M 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 23 (4): 309-358 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 11 (1): 59-62 - get paper here
  • 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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