Species Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881)
Wood Mulch-slider
- Phaneropis muelleri Fischer, J.G. 1881. Beschreibung neuer Reptilien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47: 225-238 [236, pl. 12 figs 13-15].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 10074 (not found), WA, restricted to Nickol Bay, WA by Storr (1971); SMNS 2057.Type locality references:
Storr, G.M. 1971. The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59-75.
Generic Combinations
- Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, fossorial, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low shrubland, nocturnal, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.
General References
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. [175] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement included three additional names: Ablepharus rhodonoides Lucas & Frost; Lygosoma (Rhodona) goerlingi Ahl and Lygosoma timidus)
Smith, L.A. & Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357 [http://www.calodema.com/freefiles/wells/AUSTRALIANBIODIVERSITYRECORD2012(1).pdf] [330] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement revised the Western Australian material attributed to Lerista muelleri, but did not include specimens from other states; their revision of the status of synonyms placed under this species by Cogger (1999) left an unsatisfactory situation, with no decision made on the status of Ablepharus timidus De Vis, which is here placed in incertae sedis)
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] (Wood Mulch-slider)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |