Allan's lerista (''Lerista allanae''), also known
commonly as Allan's skink and the greater robust fine-lined slider, is a
species of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
, a lizard in the
family Scincidae. This rare species is
endemic to
Queensland,
Australia
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Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''allanae'', is in honor of "Mrs. P.C. Allan" who presented many interesting specimens to the
Queensland Museum.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lerista allanae'', p. 5).]
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of ''L. allanae'' is
forest.
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Description
''L. allanae'' has its limbs much reduced. It has no front legs, and each of its back legs has only one digit. The digit bears a claw.[
The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for ''L. allanae'' is .][
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Reproduction
''L. allanae'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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Conservation status
''L. allanae'' is listed as "critically endangered" under the IUCN Red List, and as "endangered" on Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.
References
Further reading
* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
* Greer AE (1967). "A New Generic Arrangement for some Australian Scincid Lizards". ''Breviora'' (267): 1–19. (''Lerista allanae'', new combination, p. 19).
* Longman HA (1937). "Herpetological Notes". ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum'' 11: 165–168. (''Rhodona allanae'', new species, p. 167).
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, Swan G (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .
Lerista
Skinks of Australia
Reptiles of Queensland
Endemic fauna of Australia
Nature Conservation Act endangered biota
Reptiles described in 1937
Taxa named by Albert Heber Longman
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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