Lerista humphriesi explained

Lerista humphriesi, also known commonly as Humphries' lerista and the taper-tailed west-coast slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, humphriesi, is in honor of Australian ecologist Robert B. Humphries.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. humphriesi are grassland and shrubland.

Description

L. humphriesi is completely limbless.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
• Storr GM (1971). "The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59–75. (Lerista humphriesi, new species, p. 70).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens B]