Allan's lerista

Allan's lerista
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Scincidae
Genus:Lerista
Species: L. allanae
Binomial name
Lerista allanae
(Longman, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhodona allanae
    Longman, 1937
  • Lerista allanae
    — Greer, 1967
  • Gavisus allanae
    — Wells & Wellington, 1984
  • Lerista allanae
    — Cogger, 2000

Allan's lerista (Lerista allanae) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, allanae, is in honor of "Mrs. P.C. Allan" who presented many interesting specimens to the Queensland Museum.[2]

Conservation status

L. allanae is listed as "critically endangered" under the IUCN Red List, and as "endangered" on Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lerista allanae". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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 allanae, p. 5).
  3. ↑ Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). "Lerista allanae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T11804A3309620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11804A3309620.en. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Greer AE (1967). "A New Generic Arrangement for some Australian Scincid Lizards". Breviora (267): 1-19. (Lerista allanae, new combination, p. 19).
  • Longman HA (1937). "Herpetological Notes". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 165-168. (Rhodona allanae, new species, p. 167).
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