Lerista uniduo STORR, 1984
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Lerista uniduo
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Slender Broad-blazed Slider E: Spotted Broad-blazed Slider [maculosa] |
| Synonym | Lerista uniduo STORR 1984 Lerista maculosa STORR 1991 Lerista maculosa — COGGER 2000: 761 Lerista uniduo — COGGER 2000: 534 Telchinoscincus uniduo — WELLS 2012: 134 Lerista uniduo — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Lerista uniduo — APLIN et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: 8 km SSE of Boolathana, WA [24°43'S 113°43'E]. maculosa: Australia (Western Australia); Type locality: 5 km W Overlander, WA [26°24'S 114°25'E]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R71407. Holotype: WAM R95921 [maculosa] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (maculosa): A member of the L. nichollsi complex with immovable eyelids, distinguishable from all others by heavily spotted pattern. (Storr 1991) Description (maculosa): Snout-vent length (mm): 39-41 (N 2). Tail (% SVL): 90 (N 1). Nasals in contact. Prefrontals widely separated. Frontoparietals and interparietal fused. Supraoculars 3, first two in contact with frontal. Supraciliaries 1 + 2 (second fused to first supraocular). Loreal I (second fused to prefrontal). Presuboculars 2. Upper labials 6. Nuchals 2. Midbody scale rows 18. Lamellae under longer toe 10-11. Forelimb represented by a minute pit. (Storr 1991) Coloration (maculosa): Top of head pale greyish brown stippled with dark brown. Back and tail pale brown with 4 longitudinal rows of small dark brown spots (outer series darker). Side of head barred and blotched with blackish brown (all but last upper labial almost wholly dark). Side of body and tail brownish white with 5 rows of dark brown to blackish brown spots (largest, darkest and tending to be transversely elongate on upper flanks). Hindlegs and lower surfaces brownish white to pale brown, stippled or indistinctly spotted or barred with pale brown, except for white mental and pre-anal scales. (Storr 1991) |
| Comment | Limb morphology: 0 digits, 2 toes Synonymy: WELLS 2012: 134 lists this species as a synonym of Telchinoscincus (= Lerista) uniduo STORR 1984. This seems to be based on note 68 in Aplin & Smith 2001 who say “Following Aplin et al. (submitted) we treat Lerista maculosa Storr, 1991 as a probable junior synonym of L. uniduo 1984.” However, the Aplin paper got only published as Aplin et al. 2022. In agreement with Kendrick (1991), Aplin et al. 2022 consider the two specimens of L. maculosa as uncommon pattern variants of L. uniduo. Other possibilities are that the two L. maculosa specimens are products of a rare hybridisation event between L. uniduo and another member of this species complex. Etymology (maculosa): Latin for covered in spots. |
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