Lerista fragilis (GÜNTHER, 1876)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Eastern Mulch-slider |
Synonym | Rhodona fragilis GÜNTHER 1876: 45 Rhodona fragile — SMITH 1937: 230 Lerista fragilis — GREER 1967 Lerista fragilis — COGGER 1983: 173 Lerista fragilis — COGGER 2000: 519 Krishna fragilis — WELLS 2012: 300 Lerista fragilis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales?, Queensland; Tasmania [fide SMITH 1937]) Type locality: Peak Downs, Qld. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.18.68-69, (formerly 76.3.4.18, 76.3.4.34), purchased from Museum Godeffroy, ?SMF 15493. Lectotype designation by Wells & Wellington (1985) of BMNH 1946.8.18.54 is invalid, as this is not a syntype (the entry is a duplication of their lectotype designation for Lerista elegans). |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Type Species: Rhodona fragilis Günther 1876 is the type species of the genus Krishna WELLS 2012: 292. WELLS 2012: 47 erected this genus for the species K. fragilis. Unfortunately WELLS did not provide a phylogenetic analysis of the genera into which he broke up Lerista, hence we leave the current genus Lerista intact for the time being. Distribution: reports from New Guinea apparently in error (Allen Allison, pers. comm., 20 Feb 2017). Limb morphology: 3 digits, 3 toes |
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