Leristais a diverse (~ 90species)genusofskinksendemictoAustralia,commonly known assliders.[1]
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
| Genus: | Lerista Bell,1833 |
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Description
editThe genus is especially notable for the variation in the amount of limb reduction.[2][3]The variation ranges from short-bodied forms with large legs bearing five toes, to elongate forms completely lacking legs. The body length of the lizards is 33–103 millimetres (1.3–4.1 in). Their locomotion is linked to their body shape. The shorter skinks with prominent limbs travel on the surface; the longer skinks with reduced legs tend to burrow more. Aphylogenetic treeofLerista,derived from DNA analysis, reveals that limb loss has happened multiple times within this group.[4][5]Limb loss has occurred relatively recently, in the past 3.6 million years or so.
Species
editThe following species are recognized as being valid.[6]
Note:abinomial authorityin parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanLerista.
- Lerista aericepsStorr,1986– desert plain slider
- Lerista aliaAmey,Couper&Worthington-Wilmer,2019– Bulleringa fine-lined slider
- Lerista allanae(Longman,1937)– Allan's lerista, Allan's skink, greater robust fine-lined slider
- Lerista allochiraKendrick,1989– Cape Range slider
- Lerista amelesGreer,1979– limbless fine-lined slider
- Lerista amicorumL.A. Smith&Adams,2007– Fortescue three-toed slider
- Lerista anyaraAmey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019– Olkola slider skink
- Lerista apodaStorr, 1976– Dampier Land limbless slider
- Lerista arenicolaStorr, 1971– bight slider
- Lerista axillarisStorr, 1991– stripe-sided robust slider
- Lerista baynesiStorr, 1971– Bayne's slider
- Lerista bipes(Fischer,1882)– north-western sandslider
- Lerista borealisStorr, 1971– inland Kimberley slider
- Lerista bougainvillii(Gray,1839)– Bougainville's skink
- Lerista bunglebungleStorr, 1991– Bunglebungle robust slider
- Lerista carpentariaeGreer, 1983– Carpentaria fine-lined slider
- Lerista chalyburaStorr, 1985– Pilbara blue-tailed slider
- Lerista chordaeAmey,Kutt&Hutchinson,2005– lyre-patterned slider
- Lerista christinaeStorr, 1979– bold-striped slider, Christina's lerista
- Lerista cinereaGreer,McDonald&Lawrie,1983– vine-thicket fine-lined slider
- Lerista claraL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– sharp-blazed three-toed slider
- Lerista colliveriCouper &Ingram,1992– nubbinned fine-lined slider
- Lerista connivensStorr, 1971– blinking broad-blazed slider
- Lerista desertorum(Sternfeld,1919)– Central Deserts robust slider
- Lerista distinguenda(F. Werner,1910)– south-western orange-tailed slider
- Lerista dorsalisStorr, 1985– southern slider
- Lerista edwardsaeStorr, 1982– Myall slider
- Lerista elegans(Gray, 1845)– elegant slider
- Lerista elongataStorr, 1990– wide-striped mulch slider
- Lerista emmottiIngram, Couper &Donnellan,1993– Noonbah robust slider
- Lerista eupodaL.A. Smith, 1996– Meekatharra slider
- Lerista flammicaudaStorr, 1985– Pilbara flame-tailed slider
- Lerista fragilis(Günther,1876)– eastern mulch-slider
- Lerista frosti(F. Zietz,1920)– centralian slider
- Lerista gascoynensisStorr, 1986– Gascoyne broad-blazed slider
- Lerista gerrardii(Gray, 1864)– bold-striped robust slider
- Lerista greeriStorr, 1982– south-eastern Kimberley sandslider
- Lerista griffiniStorr, 1982– stout sandslider
- Lerista haroldiStorr, 1983– Gnaraloo mulch-slider
- Lerista hobsoniAmey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2016
- Lerista humphriesiStorr, 1971– taper-tailed west-coast slider
- Lerista ingramiStorr, 1991– McIvor River slider
- Lerista ipsStorr, 1980– robust duneslider
- Lerista jacksoniL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– Jackson's three-toed slider, Jackson's slider
- Lerista kalumburuStorr, 1976– Kalumburu slider
- Lerista karlschmidtiMarx&Hosmer,1959– lesser robust fine-lined slider
- Lerista kendrickiStorr, 1991– dark broad-blazed slider
- Lerista kennedyensisKendrick, 1989– Kennedy Range broad-blazed slider
- Lerista kingiL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– King's three-toed slider, King's slider
- Lerista labialisStorr, 1971– southern sandslider
- Lerista lineataBell,1833– Perth slider
- Lerista lineopunctulataA.M.C. Duméril&Bibron,1839– dotted-line robust slider, West Coast line-spotted lerista
- Lerista macropisthopus(F. Werner, 1903)– unpatterned robust slider
- Lerista micraL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– micro three-toed slider, little slider
- Lerista microtis(Gray, 1845)– south-western slider
- Lerista miopus(Günther, 1867)
- Lerista muelleri(Fischer, 1881)– wood mulch-slider, Mueller's three-toed lerista
- Lerista neanderStorr, 1971– Pilbara robust slider
- Lerista nevinaeL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– Nevin's three-toed slider, Nevin's slider
- Lerista nichollsi(Loveridge,1933)– inland broad-blazed slider
- Lerista occultaL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– hidden three-toed slider, Carnarvon slider
- Lerista onslovianaStorr, 1984– Onslow broad-blazed slider
- Lerista orientalis(De Vis,1889)– north-eastern orange-tailed slider
- Lerista paramelesAmey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019– Chillagoe fine-lined slider
- Lerista petersoniStorr, 1976– pale broad-blazed slider
- Lerista picturata(D. Fry,1914)– southern robust slider
- Lerista planiventralis(Lucas&C. Frost,1902)– keeled slider
- Lerista praefrontalisGreer, 1986– Yampi sandslider
- Lerista praepedita(Boulenger, 1887)– western worm lerista, blunt-tailed west-coast slider
- Lerista punctatovittata(Günther, 1867)– eastern robust slider
- Lerista puncticaudaStorr, 1991– dotty-tailed robust slider
- Lerista quadrivinculaShea,1991– four-chained slider
- Lerista robustaStorr, 1990– brad-eyed sandslider
- Lerista rochfordensisAmey & Couper, 2009– Rochford slider
- Lerista rolfeiL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– Rolfe's three-toed slider, Rolfe's slider
- Lerista separandaStorr, 1976– Dampierland plain slider
- Lerista simillimaStorr, 1984– Fitzroy sandslider
- Lerista speciosaStorr, 1990– pale-striped mulch-slider
- Lerista stictopleuraStorr, 1985– spotted broad-blazed slider
- Lerista storriGreer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983– Mount Surprise slider, Storr's lerista
- Lerista stylis(F. J. Mitchell,1955)– Arnhem Coast fine-lined slider
- Lerista taeniataStorr, 1986– ribbon slider, ribbon lerista
- Lerista terdigitata(Parker,1926)- robust mulch-slider
- Lerista timida(De Vis, 1888)– dwarf three-toed slider, wood mulch-slider
- Lerista tridactylaStorr, 1990– dark-backed mulch-slider
- Lerista uniduoStorr, 1984– slender broad-blazed slider
- Lerista vanderduysiAmey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2016– leaden-bellied fine-lined slider
- Lerista variaStorr, 1986– Shark Bay broad-blazed slider
- Lerista verhmensL.A. Smith & Adams, 2007– powerful three-toed slider
- Lerista vermicularisStorr, 1982– slender duneslider
- Lerista viduataStorr, 1991– Ravensthorpe Range slider
- Lerista vittataGreer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983– Mount Cooper striped lerista, side-striped fine-lined slider
- Lerista walkeri(Boulenger, 1891)– coastal Kimberley slider
- Lerista wilkinsi(Parker, 1926)– two-toed fine-lined slider
- Lerista xanthuraStorr, 1976– yellow-tailed plain slider
- Lerista yunaStorr, 1991– Yuna broad-blazed slider
- Lerista zonulataStorr, 1991– north-eastern orange-tailed slider
References
edit- ^Vanderduys, Eric(7 March 2013)."Australian endangered species: Retro Slider".The Conversation: Latest Ideas and Research.
- ^Greer, Allen E.[in French](1990). "Limb reduction in the scincid lizard genusLerista.2. Variation in the bone complements of the front and rear limbs and the number of postsacral vertebrae ".Journal of Herpetology.24(2): 142–150.doi:10.2307/1564221.JSTOR1564221.
- ^Greer, Allen E. (1991). "Limb reduction in squamates: identification of the lineages and discussion of the trends".Journal of Herpetology.25(2): 166–173.doi:10.2307/1564644.JSTOR1564644.
- ^Skinner, Adam;Lee, Michael S. Y.(2009). "Body form evolution in the scincid lizard cladeLeristaand the mode of macroevolutionary transitions ".Evolutionary Biology.36(3): 292–300.Bibcode:2009EvBio..36..292S.doi:10.1007/s11692-009-9064-9.S2CID42060285.
- ^Skinner, Adam; Lee, Michael S. Y.;Hutchinson, Mark N.(2008)."Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards".BMC Evolutionary Biology.8(1): 310.Bibcode:2008BMCEE...8..310S.doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-310.PMC2596130.PMID19014443.
- ^GenusLeristaatThe Reptile Databasewww.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Bell, Thomas(1833). "Characters of two New Genera of Reptiles".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1833(1): 98–99. (Lerista,new genus, p. 99).