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Lerista orientalis (DE VIS, 1889)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider 
SynonymMiculia orientalis DE VIS 1889
Lerista orientalis — GREER 1967
Lerista orientalis — COGGER 1983: 175
Lerista orentialis — ZOOLOGICAL RECORD
Lerista orientalis — COGGER 2000: 528
Spectrascincus orientalis — WELLS 2012: 290
Lerista orientalis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, Queensland)

Type locality: Barkly Tablelands (ex Gregory Downs), Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, ws QM, presumed lost fide Covacevich (1971) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small slender Lerista with 4 fingers, 4 toes, and immovable eyelid (a spectacle) differing from L. zonulata mainly in its broad dark diffuse upper lateral zone with more or less definite upper edge but no definite lower edge, and from L. ingrami in its greater size, overall darker colouration, more numerous superciliaries (5 vs 4 or 5) and midbody scale rows (mostly 20 vs mostly 18) and larger nasals and frontoparietals. (Storr 1991)


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CommentLimb morphology: 4 digits, 4 toes

Distribution: for a map of localities see Zimny et al. 2025: 527 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyFrom the Latin orientalis (eastern), in reference to the distribution. At the time of description, it was the most eastern species in the then-genus Miculia. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • 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
  • Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. [type catalogue] Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49-68 - get paper here
  • De Vis, CW. 1889. Characters of a naked-eyed skink apparently new. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 5: 160-161 - get paper here
  • Greer A E 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14 (4): 443-448 - get paper here
  • Greer, Allen E. 1967. A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards. Breviora (267): 1-19 - get paper here
  • Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - 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
  • Storr G M. 1991. Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 51 (2): 413-418. - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Zimny, A., Vanderduys, E., Kemp, J.E. & Zozaya, S.M. 2025. Scratching the surface of the Gulf Coastal Bioregion: Lerista munuwajarlu sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa, 5647 (6): 526–540 - get paper here
 
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