The Mount Cooper striped lerista (''Lerista vittata''), also known as side-striped fine-lined slider or Mount Cooper striped skink,
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 ...
in the family
Scincidae.
It is found only in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
References
Skinks of Australia
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Reptiles described in 1983
Lerista
Taxa named by Allen Eddy Greer
Taxa named by Keith R. McDonald (herpetologist)
Taxa named by Bruce C. Lawrie
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