Species Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839)

• Riopa bougainvillii Gray, J.E. 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2(11): 331-337 [1839 on title page] [332] [ex Cocteau ms; published Jan., 1839].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 3016 (by implication), Australia.
• Lygosoma bougainvillii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [716] [published Oct., 1839; unintentional but justified emendation of Riopa brougainvillii Gray, 1839].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 3016, Australia.
• Lygosoma laterale Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 [45] [junior secondary homonym of Scincus lateralis Say, 1823].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.15.58, SA.
• Nodorha cassandrae Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [100].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R111953 (previously AMFS28340), Denman, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [62].

 

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. [172]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, tall forest, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Oviparous (part), viviparous (part).

 

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] (South-eastern Slider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-May-2023	SCINCIDAE	10-Mar-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)