Lerista walkeri, also known commonly as the coastal Kimberley slider and Walker's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
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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. walkeri
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| Lerista walkeri (Boulenger, 1891)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, walkeri, is in honor of British entomologist James John Walker.[3]
Geographic range
editL. walkeri is found in Western Australia, Australia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of L. walkeri are forest, shrubland, and rocky areas.[1]
Description
editL. walkeri has only two digits on each of its four feet.[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cogger, H.; Shea, G. (2017). "Lerista walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T178457A101747428. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T178457A101747428.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Lerista walkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2020.
- ^ 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 walkeri, p. 279).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Scincoid Lizard from North-western Australia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 8: 405. (Lygosoma walkeri, new species).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Skinner A, Lee MSY, Hutchinson MN (2008). "Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards". BMC Evolutionary Biology 8: 310 [9 pages]. (Lerista walkeri, Figure 1).
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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