Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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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].
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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) |
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.
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