Species Lerista lineopunctulata (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Dotted-line Robust Slider
- Brachystopus lineopunctulatus 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] [779] [ex Smith ms].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 1246, Australia (original description cites Cape of Good Hope, southern Africa). - Rhodona punctata 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] [335] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Lacerta punctata Linnaeus, 1758].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.9.4.73–77, Australia. - Ronia catenulata Gray, J.E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 86-91 [87, pl. 4 fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (not found), WA. - Lygosoma (Rhodona) hipes concolor Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). pp. 451-493 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2. [483].
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. [174]
- Amey, A.P. & Edwards, D.L. 2017. Taxonomy of the Sand Sliders of Western Australia’s central coast (genus Lerista, Squamata: Scincidae): recognition of Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867). Zootaxa 4317(1): 111–133 [122]
Generic Combinations
- Lerista lineopunctulata (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, hummock grassland, nocturnal, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, woodland.
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)
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] (Dotted-line Robust Slider)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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21-May-2023 | SCINCIDAE | 10-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | Lerista Bell, 1833 | 01-Sep-2017 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |