Lerista baynesi Storr 1971 articles

Distribution

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Continent: Australia
Distribution: Australia (SE West Australia and SW South Australia)
Type locality: Eucla, 31° 43 S, 128° 5YE, W. A.

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Lerista baynesi, also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

The specific name, baynesi, is in honor of Alexander Baynes (born 1944), who is an Australian mammalogist and paleontologist.^[3]

L. baynesi is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia.^[2]

The preferred natural habitats of L. baynesi are savanna and shrubland.^[1]

L. baynesi has no front legs, and very small hind legs. Each hind leg has two toes.^[2]

L. baynesi is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cogger H, Shea G (2017). "Lerista baynesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109475031A109475034. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109475031A109475034.en. Downloaded on 16 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lerista baynesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
^ 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 baynesi, p. 20).

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Lerista baynesi, also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.