Species Lerista orientalis (De Vis, 1889)
North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider
- Miculia orientalis De Vis, C.W. 1889. Characters of a naked-eyed skink apparently new. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5: 160-161 [1888 on title page] [160].
Type data:
Holotype QM (presumed lost, see Covacevich, J. 1971. Amphibian and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 49–68), Barkly Tablelands (ex Gregory Downs), QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Lerista orientalis (De Vis, 1889).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, oviparous, woodland.
General References
Greer, A.E. 1980. Critical thermal maximum temperatures in Australian scincid lizards: their ecological and evolutionary significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 91-102
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. [33] (North-eastern Orange-tailed Slider)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |