Lerista haroldi STORR, 1983

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gnaraloo Mulch-slider
Synonym	Lerista haroldi STORR 1983 Miculia haroldi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34 Lerista haroldi — COGGER 2000: 521 Phaneropis haroldi — WELLS 2012: 71 Lerista haroldi — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: White coastal and near-coastal sands of the upper west coast from Gnaraloo, south to Cape Cuvier) Type locality: 1km S Gnaraloo, HS, WA [23°49'S 113°31'E].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R81199.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from members of the L. muelleri species group in Western Australia with fused frontoparietals (L. allochira, L.amicorum a nd L.rhodonoides) by having paired frontoparietals. Distinguished from other Western Australian members of the species group with paired frontoparietal and 1+2, four or five supraciliaries (L. clara, L. jacksoni, L. kingi, L. muelleri, L, micra, L.nevinae, L. occulta, L. rolfei and L. vehmens) by the lack of lateral or dorsal pattern (dorsal and upper lateral pattern present in L.clara, L.jacksoni, L.kingi, L.muelleri, L,micra,L.nevinae, L.occulta, L.rolfei and L.vehmens).
Comment	Limb morphology: 3 digits, 3 toes Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after Gregory Harold, a biologisrwho worked with Storr.
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 Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - 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, LA; Adams, M 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 23 (4): 309-358 - get paper here Storr G M 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 11 (1): 59-62 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lerista/haroldi Google images

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