Lerista amicorum

Lerista amicorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. amicorum
Binomial name
Lerista amicorum

The Fortescue three-toed slider (Lerista amicorum) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, amicorum (which means "of the friends" in Latin), is in honor of Australian zoologists (and friends), William Henry "Harry" Butler and Athol M. Douglas, both of whom collected the first specimens in 1964.[2][3]

Geographic range

L. amicorum is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. amicorum are grassland and savanna.[1]

Description

L. amicorum has three toes on each of its four feet.[3]

Reproduction

L. amicorum is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Cowan M, How R (2017). "Lerista amicorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109474913A109474916. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109474913A109474916.en. Downloaded on 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista amicorum, p. 7; "Butler, W. H.", p. 44; "Douglas, A. M.", p. 75).
  3. ^ a b c d Lerista amicorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • 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". Records of the Western Australian Museum 23: 309–357. (Lerista amicorum, new species, pp. 320–322).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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