Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.
The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.[3]
L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.[2]
The preferred natural habitats of L. slateri are forest and shrubland.[1]
L. slateri is viviparous.[2]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis.
Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.
