Lerista yuna STORR, 1991

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Yuna Broad-blazed Slider
Synonym	Lerista yuna STORR 1991 Lerista yuna — COGGER 2000: 763 Telchinoscincus yuna — WELLS 2012: 136 Lerista yuna — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: East Yuna Reserve, WA [28°28'S 115°13'E].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R97214.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A strongly patterned member of the L. nichollsi complex with immovable eyelids, 4 supraciliaries, wide vertebral stripe, 2 toes and forelimb represented by a small groove or pit (and occasionally a minute stump), Distinguishable from L. petersoni by larger second loreal, larger presuboculars and lack of yellow on flanks and venter, and from L. kendricki by paler head and vertebral stripe and wider upper lateral stripe. (Storr 1991) Description: Snout-vent length (mm): 29-66 (N 4). Tail (% SVL): 88 (N 1). Nasals in short to long contact. Prefrontals widely separated. Frontoparietals and interparietal fused. Supraoculars 3, first two in contact with frontal. Supraciliaries 4, last much the smallest. Loreals 2, second not fused to prefrontal. Presuboculars 2. Upper labials 6. Nuchals 2 (occasionally 3). Midbody scale rows 20. Lamellae under longer toe 10-12. (Storr 1991) Coloration: Head pale greyish brown, irregularly marked with dark brown or blackish brown (especially along sutures). Four series of angular dark brown or blackish brown spots on back (outer series continuing on to tail), space between them greyish brown, flecked darker. Dorsolateral stripe brownish white (pale coppery brown in life). Wide dark brown or blackish brown upper lateral stripe from nasal to end of tail, occupying on body a row of scales and lower half of row immediately above. Upper surface of hindlegs mottled with greyish brown. Lower lateral and ventral surfaces whitish in life. (Storr 1991)
Comment	Limb morphology: 0 digits, 2 toes
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	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 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 Storr G M 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 15 (1) 1991: 139-147 - 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/yuna Google images

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