Species Lerista frosti (Zietz, 1920)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)

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. [33] (Centralian 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)