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Lerista vanderduysi COUPER, AMEY & WORTHINGTON-WILMER, 2016

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Leaden-bellied Fine-line Slider 
SynonymLerista vanderduysi COUPER, AMEY & WORTHINGTON-WILMER 2016: 73 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Blackbraes National Park, 180 km NE Hughenden, MEQ (19° 33' 58" S, 143° 59' 28" E)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: QM J79057; Paratypes. QMJ77459, Blackbraes National Park, between Hughenden and Mount Garnet, NWQ (19° 32' 54" S, 143° 56' 27" E), 23 April, 2002; QMJ77548, Blackbraes National Park, between Hughenden and Mount Garnet, NWQ (19° 33' 07" S, 143° 58' 20" E), 23 April, 2002; QMJ79058–J79060, Blackbraes National Park, 180 km NE Hughenden, NWQ (19° 35' 14" S, 144° 01' 00" E), 31 March, 2003; QMJ80715, Blackbraes National Park, Gorge Creek Rd, NWQ (19° 35' 13" S, 144° 01' 00" E), 22 October, 2003; QMJ81773, Blackbraes National Park, NWQ (19° 35' 14" S, 144° 01' 00" E), 23 November, 2004; QMJ82299, Kidston Dam, NWQ (19° 02' 08" S, 144° 07' 16" E), 14 August, 2014; QMJ88148–J88150, Gilberton, NWQ (19° 12' 28" S, 143° 39' 58" E), 18 August, 2008; QMJ91705, Gilberton Station, NWQ (19° 12' 50" S, 143° 39' 47" E), 17 May, 2011; QMJ91719, Gilberton Station, NWQ (19° 12' 50" S, 143° 39' 47" E), 18 May, 2011; QMJ91729, Blackbraes National Park, NWQ (19° 33' 58" S, 143° 59' 28" E); QMJ91730–91731, Blackbraes National Park, NWQ (19° 35' 14" S, 144° 01' 00" E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from all other Lerista by its enlarged first supraciliary, monodactyl hindlimb, single loreal scale, broad black lateral band enclosing at least one entire scale width, and ventrals dark brown to grey, heaviest posteriorly.


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CommentHabitat: largely restricted to patches of semi-evergreen vine thickets.

Limb morphology: 0 digit, 1 toe 
EtymologyNamed for Eric Vanderduys, CSIRO, for his contributions to Queensland herpetology. Eric has had a long-standing interest in this species and helped to collect the type series. Pronounced Vander – dice – i. 
References
  • COUPER, PATRICK J.; ANDREW P. AMEY, JESSICA WORTHINGTON-WILMER 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of north Queensland—two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162 (1): 061–091 - get paper here
 
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