Lerista baynesi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Lerista |
| Species: | L. baynesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerista baynesi Storr, 1971
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Lerista baynesi, also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, baynesi, is in honor of Alexander Baynes (born 1944), who is an Australian mammalogist and paleontologist.[3]
Geographic range[edit]
L. baynesi is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of L. baynesi are savanna and shrubland.[1]
Description[edit]
L. baynesi has no front legs, and very small hind legs. Each hind leg has two toes.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Cogger H, Shea G (2017). "Lerista baynesi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109475031A109475034. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109475031A109475034.en. Downloaded on 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d Lerista baynesi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista baynesi, p. 20).
Further reading[edit]
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Storr GM (1971). "The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59–75. (Lerista picturata baynesi, new subspecies).
- Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (3): 529–534. (Lerista baynesi, new status).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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