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Lerista karlschmidti (MARX & HOSMER, 1959)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider 
SynonymRhodona karlschmidti MARX & HOSMER 1959
Lerista karlschmidti — GREER 1967
Lerista karlschmidti — COGGER 1983
Gavisus karlschmidti — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984
Lerista karlschmidti — COGGER 2000: 522
Gavisus karlschmidti — WELLS 2012: 113
Lerista karlschmidti — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, Queensland)

Type locality: Woodstock, about 23 mi S of Townsville, N Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 97957 
Diagnosis 
CommentLimb morphology: 0 digits, 1 toes 
EtymologyNamed after Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890-1957), American herpetologist who worked at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and later at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. 
References
  • Amey, A.P. & Couper, P.J. 2009. A new limb-reduced skink (Scincidae: Lerista) from the dry rainforest of north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2173: 19–30 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Greer, Allen E. 1967. A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards. Breviora (267): 1-19 - get paper here
  • Greer,A.E. 1990. Limb reduction in the scincid lizard genus Lerista. 2. Variation in the bone complements of the front and rear limbs and the number of postsacral vertebrae. Journal of Herpetology 24 (2): 142-150 - get paper here
  • Marx, Hymen & Hosmer, William 1959. A new skink from Australia. Copeia 1959 (3): 207-208 - 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.
 
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