Lerista ingrami, also known commonly as the McIvor River slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.[2]

Lerista ingrami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lerista
Species:
L. ingrami
Binomial name
Lerista ingrami
Storr, 1991

Etymology

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The specific name, ingrami, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Joseph Ingram.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of L. ingrami is coastal sand dunes.[1]

Description

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For its genus, L. ingrami is slender, very pale, and very small. Its average snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 25 mm (0.98 in). It has four digits on each of its four feet. The eyelid is immovable, with a transparent "spectacle".[4]

Behavior

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L. ingrami is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

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L. ingrami is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Vanderduys, E.; Amey, A.; Couper, P.; Sanderson, C. (2018). "Lerista ingrami ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109476480A109476485. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476480A109476485.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Lerista ingrami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista ingrami, p. 130).
  4. ^ Storr GM (1991).

Further reading

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  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Covacevich JA, Couper PJ, Roberts L (1997). "New data on Lerista ingrami, a rare skink from southern Cape York Peninsula, Australia". Memmoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 (1): 24.
  • Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 51 (2): 413–417. (Lerista ingrami, new species, pp. 416–417).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.