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Bulleringa fine-lined slider |
Talaroo Station, Queensland Photo © Brendan Schembri |
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Lerista alia | ||||
Pronunciation | ler-ISS-tah | |||
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Etymology |
Lerista: apparently meaningless.1
alia: "The species epithet alia is Latin for different or changed, chosen to illustrate its relationship to its close relative, L. storri s.s." |
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DescriptionForelimbs are absent. Hindlimb is stylar (limb is present but lacks digits) or with a reduced digit, and hindlimb length is >2.5% of SVL. Interparietal scale is separate from frontoparietal scales. Prefrontal scales are absent. Four superciliary scales. Anterior chin shields have an intervening scale. Similar species
Taxonomic notesSplit from Mount Surprise slider (Lerista storri) in 2019. |
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