Species Lerista nichollsi (Loveridge, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhodona nichollsi Loveridge, A. 1933. New scincid lizards of the genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona and Lygosoma from Australia. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 95-100 [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 33252, Dalgaranger Station, 50 mi[les] NE of Yalgoo, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista nichollsi (Loveridge, 1933).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low open shrubland, nocturnal, open heath, 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. [33] (Inland Broad-blazed Slider)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)