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Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.
Slater's desert skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Liopholis |
Species: | L. slateri |
Binomial name | |
Liopholis slateri (Storr, 1968) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.[3]
L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.[2]
The preferred natural habitats of L. slateri are forest and shrubland.[1]
L. slateri is viviparous.[2]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis.
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