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Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2]
Lerista humphriesi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Lerista |
Species: | L. humphriesi |
Binomial name | |
Lerista humphriesi Storr, 1971 | |
The specific name, humphriesi, is in honor of Australian ecologist Robert B. Humphries.[3]
The preferred natural habitats of L. humphriesi are grassland and shrubland.[1]
L. humphriesi is completely limbless.[2]
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