Lerista micra SMITH & ADAMS, 2007
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Lerista micra
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Micro Three-toed Slider |
| Synonym | Lerista micra SMITH & ADAMS 2007 Phaneropis micra — WELLS 2012: 73 Lerista micra — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia: Upper west coast and hinterland from Gnaraloo in the north, south to the Murchison River and inland to Carey Downs and Nerren Nerren Stations) Type locality: 4km south of Gilroyd HS Western Australia at 25°51'S,115°11'E. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R116786*, a male, SVL 31 mm, TL 42mm. Collected on 22 June 1993 by G. Harold and B. Maryan. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from members of the L. muelleri species group in Western Australia with fused frontoparietals (L. allochira, L. amicorum and L. rhodonoides) by having paired frontoparietals. Distinguished from members of the species group which also have paired frontoparietals and fewer than five supraciliaries (L. haroldi, L. jacksoni, L. muelleriand L.nevinae) as follows: from L.haroldi by the presence of an upper lateral stripe (absent in L. haroldi); from L. jacksoni by its paler dorsal col our at i on and weak upper lateral stripe (L. jacksoni has a very dark back and the upper lateral stripe often absent); from L. muelleri having four supraciliaries (1+2 in L. muelleri); from L. nevinae by the absence of a continuous dark paravertebral stripe (present in L. nevinae). Distinguished from L. clara, L. kingi, L. occulta, L. rolfei and L. verhmens by having four, rather than five, supraciliaries. |
| Comment | Limb morphology: 3 digits, 3 toes |
| Etymology | The specific epithet micra is derived from the Greek mikros (small). Lerista micra is one of the smallest species discovered so far in the L.muelleri species group. |
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