Lerista karlschmidti

Lerista karlschmidti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. karlschmidti
Binomial name
Lerista karlschmidti (Marx & Hosmer, 1959)
Synonyms[2]
Rhodona karlschmidti Marx & Hosmer, 1959 Lerista karlschmidti — Greer, 1967

Lerista karlschmidti, also known commonly as the lesser robust fine-lined slider, Karl's lerista, and Karl Schmidt's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.[1][2] Its range is highly disjunct and it is likely that only the Queensland population (not seen after its original collection) represents L. karlschmidti, while the Northern Territory population is a distinct species.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, karlschmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. karlschmidti are sandy desert, rocky areas, and dry forest.[1]

Description

L. karlschmidti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in). It has 16–20 scale rows at midbody, two loreal scales, but no superciliary scales. It has no front legs. Each back leg is a stump with one clawed digit.[4]

Reproduction

L. karlschmidti is oviparous,[2] and breeds during the dry season.[1]

References

1. Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Vanderduys, E.; Gillespie, G.; Amey, A.; McDonald, P. (2018). "Lerista karlschmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109476540A109476552. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476540A109476552.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lerista karlschmidti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2023.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista karlschmidti, p. 138).
4. Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2. (Lerista karlschmidti, pp. 370–371).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Greer AE (1967). "A New Generic Arrangement for some Australian Scincid Lizards". Breviora (267): 1–19. (Lerista karlschmidti, new combination, p. 19).
• Marx H, Hosmer W (1959). "A New Skink from Australia". Copeia 1959 (3): 207–208. (Rhodona karlschmidti, new species).