Species Lerista aericeps Storr, 1986

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lerista aericeps areiceps Storr, G.M. 1986. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) with two subspecies from central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 145-149 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM R34506 (CAMR1568), 25 km S Alice Springs, NT
  Comment: Storr (1986) erroneously published the holotype as CAMR1565. The correct catalogue number is CAMR1568, which is now re-catalogued as NTM R34506. CAMR1565 is a paratype of Lerista aericeps taeniata Storr, 1986.

  Type locality references:

  Horner, P. 1999. Type specimens of terrestrial vertebrates in the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory - 1973 to 1999. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 15: 55-74.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [32] (Desert Plain Slider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)