''Lerista baynesi'', also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of

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Etymology

The

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, ''baynesi'', is in honor of Alexander Baynes (born 1944), who is an Australian mammalogist and paleontologist. Beolens B, Watkins M,

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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Lerista baynesi'', p. 20).

Geographic range

''L. baynesi'' is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of ''L. baynesi'' are savanna and

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Description

''L. baynesi'' has no front legs, and very small hind legs. Each hind leg has two toes.

Reproduction

''L. baynesi'' is

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References

* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . * Storr GM (1971). "The genus ''Lerista'' (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". ''Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia'' 54: 59–75. (''Lerista picturata baynesi'', new subspecies). *Storr GM (1991). "Revision of ''Lerista picturata'' (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia". ''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' 15 (3): 529–534. (''Lerista baynesi'', new status). *

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