Species Lerista desertorum (Sternfeld, 1919)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma (Rhodona) planiventrale desertorum Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 1: 76-83 [82].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 15495, Hermannsburg Mission, upper Finke River, NT.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista desertorum (Sternfeld, 1919).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Reported from Cravens Peak Reserve, Queensland, by Vanderduys et al. (2011)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Stony Plains (STP)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, fossorial, low open shrubland, nocturnal, oviparous, tall shrubland.

 

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., 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] (Central Deserts Robust Slider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Lerista Bell, 1833	13-Apr-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)