Lerista chordae AMEY, KUTT & HUTCHINSON, 2005

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Lyre-patterned Slider
Synonym	Lerista chordae AMEY, KUTT & HUTCHINSON 2005 Tychismia chordae — WELLS 2012: 259 Lerista chordae — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (C Queensland) Type locality: 21° 05’ 30’’ S, 145° 00’ 16’’ E
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J81070
Diagnosis
Comment	Type Species: Lerista chordae Amey et al. 2005 is the type species of the genus Tychismia WELLS 2012: 252. WELLS 2012: 47 erected this genus for the species T. chordae, dorsalis, flammicauda, frosti, concolor, and zietzi. Unfortunately WELLS did not provide a phylogenetic analysis of the genera into which he broke up Lerista, hence we leave the current genus Lerista intact for the time being. Similar species: L. dorsalis Limb morphology: 4 digits, 4 toes
Etymology	Named after Latin chordeae, strings of a lyre, in reference to the thin black lines on the dorsum.
References	Amey, A.P.; Kutt, A.S.; Hutchinson, M. 2005. A new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from Central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50 (2): 125-131. - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - 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 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.qm.qld.gov.au/organisation/e_prints/mqm_50_2/50_2_Amey.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista/chordae Google images

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