Lerista stylis (MITCHELL, 1955)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider
Synonym	Rhodona stylis MITCHELL 1955: 400 Lerista stylis — GREER 1967 Lerista stylis — COGGER 1983: 177 Gavisus stylis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Lerista stylis — COGGER 2000: 532 Gavisus stylis — WELLS 2012: 116 Lerista stylis — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) Type locality: Yirrkala, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAMA R3094
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: 0 digits, 0 toes (limbless) Species group: wilkinsi.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Greek stylis (a pillar or rod), referring to the styliform hind limb. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
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; McDonald K R; Lawrie B C 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17 (2): 247-255 - get paper here Greer, Allen E. 1967. A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards. Breviora (267): 1-19 - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1955. Preliminary account of the Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the National Geographic Society - Commonwealth Government - Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Arnhem Land (April to November, 1948). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 11: 373-408 - 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 Wells R W; Wellington C R 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1 (3-4): 73-129 [31 Dec 1983 on cover] 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/stylis http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/lacertidae… http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0408/0351.jpeg Google images

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