Lerista colliveri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lerista |
Species: | L. colliveri
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Binomial name | |
Lerista colliveri |
The nubbinned fine-lined slider (Lerista colliveri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia. [2]
The specific name, colliveri, is in honor of Frederick Stanley "Stan" Colliver (1908–1991), who was an Australian geologist and malacologist. [3]
The preferred natural habitats of L. colliveri are forest and savanna. [1]
Large for its genus, L. colliveri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.4 cm (3.3 in), and a tail length of 12.7 cm (5.0 in). It has very reduced limbs. Each rear leg has only one digit, which has a claw, but each front leg is only a clawless "nubbin". [2] [4]
L. colliveri is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
L. colliveri is oviparous. [2]
Lerista colliveri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lerista |
Species: | L. colliveri
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Binomial name | |
Lerista colliveri |
The nubbinned fine-lined slider (Lerista colliveri) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia. [2]
The specific name, colliveri, is in honor of Frederick Stanley "Stan" Colliver (1908–1991), who was an Australian geologist and malacologist. [3]
The preferred natural habitats of L. colliveri are forest and savanna. [1]
Large for its genus, L. colliveri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8.4 cm (3.3 in), and a tail length of 12.7 cm (5.0 in). It has very reduced limbs. Each rear leg has only one digit, which has a claw, but each front leg is only a clawless "nubbin". [2] [4]
L. colliveri is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
L. colliveri is oviparous. [2]