Lerista taeniata STORR, 1986

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ribbon Slider
Synonym	Lerista aericeps taeniata STORR 1986 Lerista taeniata — GREER 1990 Lerista taeniata — STORR 1991 Lerista taeniata — COGGER 2000: 533 Miculia taeniata — WELLS 2012: 60 Lerista taeniata — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia) Type locality: 20 km E of The Granites, NT [20°34'S 130°38'E].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NTM R33367 (formerly CAWC [Central Australian Wildlife Collection] R1566), collected S.R. Morton, 15.xi.1985
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguishable from L. a. aericeps by its dark upper lateral stripe, larger preocular and more numerous midbody scale rows (mostly 20, v. 18), and from L. orientalis (DeVis) by its coppery head and yellow tail and very different habitat (red desert sands, V. subhumid woodlands).
Comment	Limb morphology: 4 digits, 4 toes
Etymology	From Latin taeniatus (striped).
References	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 Greer A E 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14 (4): 443-448 - get paper here Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - 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 Storr G M 1986. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) with two subspecies from central Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 13 (1) 1986: 145-149 - get paper here Storr G M. 1991. Revision of Lerista aericeps (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of central Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 51 (2): 365-370. - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista/taeniata Google images

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