Species Lerista petersoni Storr, 1976

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lerista connivens petersoni Storr, G.M. 1976. Revisionary notes on the Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 241-256 [253].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R46197, Yinnietharra, WA [24°39'S 116°09'E].
• Lerista talpina Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147 [145].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R74947, 2 km W Bullara, WA [22°41'S 114°01'E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Aplin, K.P. & Smith 2001. Checklist of the frogs and reptiles of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 63: 51-74
• Aplin, K.P., Cowan, M.A. & Doughty, P. 2022. Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 22-25 [22]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista petersoni (Storr, 1976). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [175]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, nocturnal, oviparous.

 

General References

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] (Pale Broad-blazed 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		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)