Lerista allochira KENDRICK, 1989

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	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 reduction: The species has only two digits on the front foot and three on the rear.
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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