Lerista talpina STORR, 1991
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Phantom Mole Slider |
Synonym | Lerista talpina STORR 1991 Lerista talpina — COGGER 2000: 762 |
Distribution | Australia (Western Australia)
Type locality: 2 km W Bullara, WA [22°41'S 114°01'E]
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R74947. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: WELLS 2012: 133 lists this species as a synonym of Telchinoscincus (= Lerista) petersoni STORR 1984.
Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | From Latin ta/pa (mole). |
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.
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
- Storr G M 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 15 (1) 1991: 139-147 - get paper here
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