Species Lerista walkeri (Boulenger, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma walkeri Boulenger, G.A. 1891. Description of a new scincoid lizard from north Western Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 8: 405 [405].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.15.59, Roebuck Bay and Condillac Is., WA; BMNH 1946.8.15.62, Roebuck Bay, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Lerista walkeri (Boulenger, 1891).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low open woodland, nocturnal, 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)

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. [34] (Coastal Kimberley 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)