Species Lerista lineata Bell, 1833

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lerista lineata Bell, T. 1833. Characters of two new genera of reptiles. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1: 98-99 [99].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, oviparous.

 

General References

Jenkins, R.W.G. 1979. The status of endangered Australian reptiles. pp. 169-176 in, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife. Adelaide : Royal Zoological Society of South Australia. (endangered status)

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. [33] (Perth Slider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)