Species Lerista bipes (Fischer, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhodona bipes Fischer, J.G. 1882. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48: 281-302 [292, pl. 16 figs 10-15].

  Type data:

   Holotype SMNS 1217, Nickol Bay, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista bipes (Fischer, 1882).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, fossorial, hummock grassland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.

 

General References

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)

Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth : University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum 200 pp. (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. [32] (North-western Sandslider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)