Lerista allochira KENDRICK, 1989

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cape Range Slider
Synonym	Lerista allochira KENDRICK 1989 Lerista allochira — COGGER 2000: 512 Phaneropis allochirus — WELLS 2012: 69 Lerista allochira — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: from the bed of Yardie Creek Gorge, North WEst Cape, 1.5 km upstream from Ocean, 22° 19’ S, 113° 49” E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R95722
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other members of the L. muelleri complex by having two (rather than three) fingers and one presubocular (rather than two).
Comment	Limb morphology: 2 digits, 3 toes
Etymology
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. 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 Kendrick P G 1989. Two new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Cape Range and Kennedy Range of Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 23 (4): 350-355 - 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 Smith, LA; Adams, M 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 23 (4): 309-358 - get paper here Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List - Lerista allochira - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista/allochira Google images

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