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Lerista edwardsae STORR, 1982

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Myall Slider 
SynonymLerista picturata edwardsae STORR 1982
Lerista edwardsae — STORR 1991
Lerista picturata edwardsae — COGGER 2000: 529
Aphroditia edwardsae — WELLS 2012: 170
Lerista edwardsae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (S South Australia)

Type locality: 6 km SE Streaky Bay, SA [32°50'S 134°15'E].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R17787, paratypes SAMA, AM, WAM; 97 paratype specimens. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large Lerista with no finger (forelimb a tiny stump in groove), two toes, movable eyelid, two supraoculars and strong pattern (two, rarely four, dark dorsal lines and wide sharp-edged upper lateral stripe). Further differing from L. picturata and L. hamesi in fewer midbody scale rows (mode 18) and usually having no nuchals. (Storr 1991)


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CommentNot listed in COGGER 1983.

Limb morphology: 0 digits, 2 toes 
EtymologyNamed after Adrienne Edwards, herpetologist at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 
References
  • 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
  • Skinner, Adam; Michael S. Y. Lee 2010. Plausibility of inferred ancestral phenotypes and the evaluation of alternative models of limb evolution in scincid lizards. Biol. Lett. 6 (3) 354; doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0840 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 10 (1): 1-9 - get paper here
  • Storr G M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia Scincidae) of Southern Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 15 (3): 529-534. - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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