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Lerista
Lerista is a diverse (~ 90 species) genus of skinks endemic to Australia, commonly known as sliders. The genus is especially notable for the variation in the amount of limb reduction. The variation ranges from short-bodied forms with large legs bearing five toes, to elongate forms completely lacking legs. The body length of the lizards is 33–103 millimetres (1.3–4.1 in). Their locomotion is linked to their body shape. The shorter skinks with prominent limbs travel on the surface;...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 97 known species
Southeastern Slider
speciesLerista bougainvillii
Eastern Robust Slider
speciesLerista punctatovittata
Timid Slider
speciesLerista timida
Southwestern Orange-tailed Slider
speciesLerista distinguenda
Southern Slider
speciesLerista dorsalis
Elegant Slider
speciesLerista elegans
Southern Sandslider
speciesLerista labialis
Eastern Mulch-slider
speciesLerista fragilis
Edwards' Slider
speciesLerista edwardsae
Blunt-tailed West Coast Slider
speciesLerista praepedita
Central Deserts Robust Slider
speciesLerista desertorum
Northwestern Sandslider
speciesLerista bipes
Northern Dotted-Line Robust Slider
speciesLerista miopus
Southwestern Slider
speciesLerista microtis
Perth Slider
speciesLerista lineata
Desert Plain Slider
speciesLerista aericeps
Unpatterned Robust Slider
speciesLerista macropisthopus
Dotted-line Robust Slider
speciesLerista lineopunctulata
Keeled Slider
speciesLerista planiventralis
Bold-striped Robust Slider
speciesLerista gerrardii
Robust Mulch Slider
speciesLerista terdigitata
Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista karlschmidti
Little Slider
speciesLerista micra
Centralian Slider
speciesLerista frosti
Girdled Slider
speciesLerista zonulata
Shark Bay Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista varia
Northeastern Orange-tailed Slider
speciesLerista orientalis
Pilbara Blue-tailed Slider
speciesLerista chalybura
Inland Kimberley Slider
speciesLerista borealis
Blinking Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista connivens
Stout Sandslider
speciesLerista griffini
Bold-striped Slider
speciesLerista christinae
Noonbah Robust Slider
speciesLerista emmotti
Clara Slider
speciesLerista clara
Southern Robust Slider
speciesLerista picturata
Carpentaria Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista carpentariae
Baynes' Slider
speciesLerista baynesi
Wood Mulch Slider
speciesLerista muelleri
Bight Slider
speciesLerista arenicola
Dampierland Limbless Slider
speciesLerista apoda
King's Slider
speciesLerista kingi
Pilbara Flame-tailed Slider
speciesLerista flammicauda
Slender Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista uniduo
Pilbara Robust Slider
speciesLerista neander
Spotted Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista stictopleura
Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista stylis
Ribbon Slider
speciesLerista taeniata
Hobson's Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista hobsoni
Cape Range Slider
speciesLerista allochira
Vine-thicket Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista cinerea
West Coast Mulga Slider
speciesLerista eupoda
Taper-tailed West Coast Slider
speciesLerista humphriesi
Wide-striped Mulch Slider
speciesLerista elongata
Yuna Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista yuna
Ravensthorpe Range Slider
speciesLerista viduata
Onslow Broad-blazed Slider
speciesLerista onsloviana
Slender Duneslider
speciesLerista vermicularis
Rochford Slider
speciesLerista rochfordensis
Two-toed Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista wilkinsi
Side-striped Fine-lined Slider
speciesLerista vittata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38153.