Lerista emmotti, also known commonly as the Noonbah robust slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]
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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. emmotti
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista emmotti | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, emmotti, is in honor of Angus Emmott (born 1962), who is an Australian sheep farmer and naturalist.[3]
Geographic range edit
Native to central Queensland,[1] the type locality of L. emmotti is Noonbah Station, 140 km south of Longreach.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of L. emmotti are savanna and shrubland.[1]
Description edit
L. emmotti has two digits on each of its four feet.[2]
Behavior edit
L. emmotti is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P.; Sanderson, C. (2018). "Lerista emmotti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109475901A109475909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475901A109475909.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lerista emmotti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista emmotti, p. 83).
Further reading edit
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Ingram GJ, Couper PJ, Donnellan SC (1993). "A new two-toed skink from eastern Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33 (1): 341–347. (Lerista emmotti, new species).
- Skinner A, Lee MSY, Hutchinson MN (2008). "Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 310 [nine pages]. (Lerista emmotti, fourth page, Figure 1).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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