Species Lerista frosti (Zietz, 1920)
Centralian Slider, Frost's Lerista
- Lygosoma frosti Zietz, F.R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian lizards. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 181-228 [217] [replacement name; nom. nov. for Rhodona tetradactyla Lucas & Frost, 1895, at that time a junior secondary homonym of Mocoa tetradactyla O'Shaugnessy, 1879].
- Rhodona tetradactyla Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1895. Preliminary notice of a certain species of lizard from central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 264-269 [268] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Mocoa tetradactyla O'Shaugnessy, 1879].
Type data:
Holotype NMV D11756, Tempe Downs, NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [173]
Generic Combinations
- Lerista frosti (Zietz, 1920).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, SA, Vic, WA: Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, fossorial, hummock grassland, low shrubland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.
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
Storr, G.M. 1971. The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59-75 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1976. Revisionary notes on the Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 241-256 (taxonomy)
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] (Centralian Slider)
History of changes
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