Lerista haroldi

Lerista haroldi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. haroldi
Binomial name
Lerista haroldi Storr, 1983

Lerista haroldi, also known commonly as the Gnaraloo mulch-slider and Harold's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, haroldi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Gregory Harold.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. haroldi is grassland.[1]

Description

L. haroldi has three digits on each of its four feet.[2]

Reproduction

L. haroldi is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Lloyd, R.; Gaikhorst, G. (2018). "Lerista haroldi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109476376A109476386. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476376A109476386.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lerista haroldi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. 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 haroldi, p. 116).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Storr GM (1983). "Two New Lizards from Western Australia (Genera Diplodactylus and Lerista)". Records of the Western Australian Museum 11 (1): 59–62. (Lerista haroldi, new species, pp. 61–62, Figure 2).
• Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (199). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. ISBN 978-0730726562.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.