Lerista rolfei SMITH & ADAMS, 2007
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Lerista rolfei
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rolfe's Three-toed Slider |
| Synonym | Lerista rolfei SMITH & ADAMS 2007: 337 Phaneropis rolfei — WELLS 2012: 77 Lerista rolfei — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia: From the Ashburton River Valley in the north and throughout Gascoyne region) Type locality: 35km SE of Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia at 25° 10' 31.4"S, 115° 29' 18.6"E (site GJ2, Carnarvon Basin Survey). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R120575*, an adult male , SVL 3 8 mm, TL 46 mm. Collected by B. Maryan and A. Desmond on 10 April 1994. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguished from members of the L. muelleri species group in Western Australia with fused frontoparietals (L. allochira, L. amicorum and L. rhodonoides) by having paired frontoparietals. Di st i ngui shed f r om t hose speci es wi t h pai r ed frontoparietals and fewer than five supraciliaries (L. haroldi, L. jacksoni, L. muelleri and L. nevinae) as follows: from L.haroldiby the presence of an upper lateral stripe (absent in L.haroldi), from L.jacksoni by the presence of a hiatus immediately below the upper lateral stripe (L.jacksonilacks a hiatus); from L. muelleri by having five supraciliaries (1+2 in L. muelleri); and from L. nevinae by the absence of a continuous dark paravertebral stripe (present in L. nevinae).Distinguished from other species with five supraciliaries and paired frontoparietals (L.clara,L. kingi,L.occulta and L.verhmens) as follows: from L. clara by having a pigmented venter (opalescent white in L. clara). Lerista kingi, L. occulta and L. verhmens have pigmented venters like L.rolfei but lack of a hiatus below the upper lateral stripe (hiatus present in L.rolfei). (Smith & Adams 2007) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named for James (”Jim”) Rolfe of the Department of Conservation and Land Management since 1984. Still digging pit traps; still contributing reptiles to the Western Australian Museum collections. |
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