Lerista amicorum
| Lerista amicorum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. amicorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista amicorum & , 2007
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The Fortescue three-toed slider (Lerista amicorum) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, amicorum (which means "of the friends" in Latin), is in honor of Australian zoologists (and friends), William Henry "Harry" Butler and , both of whom collected the first specimens in 1964.[2][3]
Geographic range[]
L. amicorum is found in the Australian state of Western Australia.[3]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitats of L. amicorum are grassland and savanna.[1]
Description[]
L. amicorum has three toes on each of its four feet.[3]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ a b , (2017). "Lerista amicorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109474913A109474916. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109474913A109474916.en. Downloaded on 15 June 2020.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista amicorum, p. 7; "Butler, W. H.", p. 44; "Douglas, A. M.", p. 75).
- ^ a b c d Lerista amicorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
Further reading[]
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- , (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: 309–357. (Lerista amicorum, new species, pp. 320–322).
- , (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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