Lerista frosti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Lerista
Species: Lerista frosti

Name

Lerista frosti (Zietz, 1920) [nomen substitutum]

• Holotype: NMV D 11756 (old no. 57867), collected by Horn Expedition in May-August 1894.
• Type locality: “Tempe Downs”, Northern Territory, Australia.
• Etymology: Named after Charles Frost.

Combinations

• Lygosoma frosti Zietz, 1920: 217 [original combination, replacement name]
• Rhodona frosti — Smith, 1937: 230 [subsequent combination]
• Nodorha frosti — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
• Lygosoma (Rhodona) frosti — Glauert, 1960: 94 [subsequent combination]
• Lerista frosti — Cogger, 1975 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rhodona tetradactyla Lucas & Frost, 1895: 268 [preoccupied by Mocoa tetradactyla O’Shaughnessy, 1879]
  • Holotype: NMV D11756 (old no. 57867), collected by Horn Expedition in May-August 1894.
  • Type locality: “Tempe Downs” Northern Territory, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1895. Preliminary Notice of certain New Species of Lizards from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. New Series 7: 264–269. BHL Reference page. 
• Zietz, F.R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian Lizards. Records of the South Australian Museum 1: 181–228. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. pp. 112–150 In Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part II. Zoology. Dulau and Co.: London.
• Storr, G.M. 1985. Revision of Lerista frosti and allied secies (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 307–316. BHL

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lerista frosti. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2020.
• Cogger, H., Hutchinson, M., McDonald, P. & Fenner, A. 2018. IUCN: Lerista frosti  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109475987A109476002. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475987A109476002.en

Vernacular names

English: Centralian Slider

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