Lerista edwardsae STORR, 1982

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Myall Slider
Synonym	Lerista picturata edwardsae STORR 1982 Lerista edwardsae — STORR 1991 Lerista picturata edwardsae — COGGER 2000: 529 Aphroditia edwardsae — WELLS 2012: 170 Lerista edwardsae — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (S South Australia) Type locality: 6 km SE Streaky Bay, SA [32°50'S 134°15'E].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAMA R17787, paratypes SAMA, AM, WAM; 97 paratype specimens.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large Lerista with no finger (forelimb a tiny stump in groove), two toes, movable eyelid, two supraoculars and strong pattern (two, rarely four, dark dorsal lines and wide sharp-edged upper lateral stripe). Further differing from L. picturata and L. hamesi in fewer midbody scale rows (mode 18) and usually having no nuchals. (Storr 1991) Additional details (509 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Not listed in COGGER 1983. Limb morphology: 0 digits, 2 toes
Etymology	Named after Adrienne Edwards, herpetologist at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 Skinner, Adam; Michael S. Y. Lee 2010. Plausibility of inferred ancestral phenotypes and the evaluation of alternative models of limb evolution in scincid lizards. Biol. Lett. 6 (3) 354; doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0840 - get paper here Storr G M 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 10 (1): 1-9 - get paper here Storr G M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia Scincidae) of Southern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 15 (3): 529-534. - 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista/edwardsae Google images

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