Lerista punctatovittata (GÜNTHER, 1867)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Eastern Robust Slider
Synonym	Rhodona punctato-vittata GÜNTHER 1867: 47 Rhodona officeri MCCOY 1881 (fide COGGER 1983) Rhodona punctatovittata — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 88 Rhodona punctatovittata — SMITH 1937: 230 Lerista punctatovittata — GREER 1967 Lerista punctovittatum — SIMPSON 1973 Lerista punctatovittata — COGGER 1983: 176 Lerista punctatovittata — COGGER 2000: 530 Lerista punctovittata — WIENS 2009 (in error) Aphroditia punctatovittata — WELLS 2012: 182 Lerista punctatovittata — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria) Type locality: Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.18.80 Holotype: NMV (not found), from 2 mi from Swan Hill, Vic. [Rhodona officeri]
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Comment	Limb morphology: 1 digits, 2 toes Type species: Rhodona punctatovittata Günther 1867 is the type species of the genus Furcillus COPE 1892, a synonym of Lerista, fide Shea 2021.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin punctum (a small spot) plus vitta (a stripe), plus the suffix -atus (having the condition of), referring to the spotted and striped coloration. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	CHIACCHIO, MICHELE; ANNEGRET GRIMM-SEYFARTH<br>KLAUS HENLE<br> AND JEAN-BAPTISTE MIHOUB 2020. Water availability as a major climatic driver of taxonomic and functional diversity in a desert reptile community. Ecosphere 11(7):e03190. 10.1002/ecs2.3190 - 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. Cope, E.D. 1892. On degenerate types of scapular and pelvic arches in the Lacertilia. Journal of Morphology 7: 223–242 - get paper here 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 Grimm-Seyfarth, A., J.-B. Mihoub, and K. Henle. 2019. Functional traits determine the different effects of prey, predators, and climatic extremes on desert reptiles. Ecosphere 10(9):e02865. 10.1002/ecs2.2865 - get paper here Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20: 45-57 - get paper here Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here McCoy, F. 1881. The Victorian Rhodona. Prod. Zool. Vict. 6: 7-9 - get paper here Morinaga, Gen and Philip J. Bergmann 2020. Evolution of fossorial locomotion in the transition from tetrapod to snake-like in lizards. Proc. R. Soc. B. 287: 20200192 - get paper here Murphy, Michael J. and Jessica K. Murphy 2015. Survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Merriwindi State Conservation Area in the Pilliga forest of northern inland New South Wales. Australian Zoologist: 37 (4): 517-528 - get paper here SHEA, GLENN M. 2021. The identity of twelve scincid generic names proposed by Cope in 1892 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 5057 (4): 577–589 - get paper here Simpson, KNG 1973. AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES AND MAMMALS OF THE MURRAY RIVER region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mem. Nat. Mus. Vict. 34: 275-279 - 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 Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Wiens, J.J. 2009. Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards. Journal of Biology 2009, 8:19 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/punclive1.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista… Google images

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