Lerista christinae

Lerista christinae, also known commonly as the bold-striped slider and Christina's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.^[2]

Etymology[]

The specific name, christinae, is in honor of Australian biologist .^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of L. christinae is shrubland.^[1]

L. christinae has four digits on each front foot, and four digits on each hind foot.^[2]

L. christinae is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cowan, M.; Teale, R.; How, R.; Doughty, P.; Lloyd, R. (2017). "Lerista christinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109475422A109475427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109475422A109475427.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lerista christinae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista christinae, p. 54).

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