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Taxonomy of the genus Lerista Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Lerista (Sliders)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Lerista in general

Benesch, A.R.; Withers, P.C. 2002. Burrowing performance and the role of limb reduction in Lerista (Scincidae, Lacertilia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82(1): 107-114.

Greer, A.E. 1979. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from northern Queensland, with remarks on the origin of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 32(10): 383-388.

Greer, A.E. 1986. Diagnosis of the Lerista bipes species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with a description of a new species and an updated diagnosis of the genus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 121-127.

Greer, A.E. 1987. Limb reduction in the lizard genus Lerista. 1. Variation in the number of phalanges and presacral vertebrae. Journal of Herpetology 21(4): 267-276.

Greer, A.E. 1990. Limb reduction in the scincid lizard genus Lerista. 2. Variation in the bone complements of the front and rear limbs and the number of postsacral vertebrae. Journal of Herpetology 24(2): 142-150.

Greer, A.E. 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 443-448.

Greer, A.E.; McDonald, K.R.; Lawrie, B.C. 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 247-255.

Haacke, W.D. 2005. Konstriktionsverhalten bei einer australischen Elapide. Ein persönliches Erlebnis. Sauria (Berlin) 27(3): 19-22.

Kendrick, P.G. 1989. Two new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Cape Range and Kennedy Range of Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 350-355.

Lee, M.S.Y.; Skinner, A.; Camacho, A. 2013. The relationship between limb reduction, body elongation and geographical range in lizards (Lerista, Scincidae). Journal of Biogeography 40(7): 1290-1297.

Maryan, B. 1998. Leristas rule in Australia. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 54-56.

Morinaga, G.; Bergmann, P.J. 2017. Convergent body shapes have evolved via deterministic and historically contingent pathways in Lerista lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121(4): 858-875

Pough, F.H.; Preest, M.R.; Fusari, M.H. 1997. Prey-handling and the evolutionary ecology of sand-swimming lizards (Lerista: Scincidae). Oecologia (Heidelberg) 112(3): 351-361.

Skinner, A. 2010. Rate heterogeneity, ancestral character state reconstruction, and the evolution of limb morphology in Lerista (Scincidae, Squamata). Systematic Biology 59(6): 723-740.

Skinner, A.; Lee, M.S.Y. 2009. Body-form evolution in the scincid lizard clade Lerista and the mode of macroevolutionary transitions. Evolutionary Biology (New York) 36(3): 292-300.

Skinner, A.; Lee, M.S.Y. 2010. Plausibility of inferred ancestral phenotypes and the evaluation of alternative models of limb evolution in scincid lizards. Biology Letters 6(3): 354-358.

Skinner, A.; Lee, M.S.Y.; Hutchinson, M.N. 2008. Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards. BMC Evolutionary Biology 8(310): 1-9.

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Storr, G.M. 1971. The genus Lerista (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Journal Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 54(3): 59-75.

Storr, G.M. 1976. Revisionary notes on the Lerista (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(3): 241-256.

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 109-118.

Wells, R.W. 2012. Some taxonomic and nomenclatural considerations on the class Reptilia in Australia. A reclassification of the genus Lerista (Scincidae), including the descriptions of new genera. Australian Biodiversity Record 2012(1): 1-361.

Wiens, J.J. 2009. Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards. Journal of Biology 8(19): 1-4.

Lerista aericeps

Greer, A.E. 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 443-448.

Storr, G.M. 1986. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) with two subspecies from central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 145-149.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista aericeps (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 365-381.

Lerista allanae

Couper, P.J.; Ingram, G.J. 1992. A new species of skink of Lerista from Queensland and a re-appraisal of L. allanae (Longman). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1): 55-59.

Covacevich, J.A.; Couper, P.J.; McDonald, K.R. 1996. Lerista allanae (Scincidae: Lygosominae): 60 years from exhibition to extinction? Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 247-256.

Greer, A.E.; Couper, P.J. 1998. A further diagnostic character and some basic biological information for Lerista colliveri. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 474.

Longman, H.A. 1937. Herpetological Notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 165-168.

Shea, G. 1993. New record of Lerista allanae (Squamata: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 220.

Lerista allochira

Kendrick, P.G. 1989. Two new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Cape Range and Kennedy Range of Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 350-355.

Lerista ameles

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Greer, A.E. 1979. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from northern Queensland, with remarks on the origin of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 32(10): 383-388.

Lerista amicorum

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista arenicola

Kovach, C.; Goodman, B.A. 2015. Natural history notes: Lerista arenicola (Bight Slider). Viviparity. Herpetological Review 46(1): 92-93.

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Range extensions of reptiles in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 215-216.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista microtis (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 469-476.

Lerista axillaris

Gaikhorst, G. 2002. Comments on range extension, conservation issues and the identity of Lerista axillaris (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 32(1): 6-10.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Lerista baynesi

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Reptiles new to the fauna of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 217-218.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(3): 529-533.

Lerista bipes

Cogger, H.G. 1962. Reptile studies in the Musgrave Ranges. Australian Natural History 14: 51-56.

Greer, A.E. 1986. Diagnosis of the Lerista bipes species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with a description of a new species and an updated diagnosis of the genus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 121-127.

Lerista bougainvillii

Barden, G.; Shine, R. 1994. Effects of sex and reproductive mode on dietary composition of the reproductively bimodal scincid lizard, Lerista bougainvillii. Australian Zoologist 29(3-4): 225-228.

Fairbairn, J.; Shine, R.; Moritz, C.; Frommer, M. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships between oviparous and viviparous populations of an Australian lizard (Lerista bougainvillii, Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10(1): 95-103.

Gray, J.E. 1839. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 2: 331-337.

Green, R.H. 1965. Two skink lizards newly recorded from Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum N.S. 19: 1-4.

Hugi, J.; Hutchinson, M.N.; Koyabu, D.; Sánchez-Villagra, M.R. 2012. Heterochronic shifts in the ossification sequences of surface- and subsurface-dwelling skinks are correlated with the degree of limb reduction. Zoology (Jena) 115(3): 188-198.

Metcalfe, D.C.; Peterson, M. 2007. Lerista bougainvillii (Bougainville's skink): predation, diurnal activity. Herpetological Bulletin 102: 40.

Qualls, C.P. 1996. Influence of the evolution of viviparity on eggshell morphology in the lizard, Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Morphology 228(2): 119-125.

Qualls, C.P. 1997. The effects of reproductive mode and climate on reproductive success in the Australian lizard, Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Herpetology 31(1): 60-65.

Qualls, C.P.; Shine, R. 1995. Maternal body-volume as a constraint on reproductive output in lizards: evidence from the evolution of viviparity. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 103(1): 73-78.

Qualls, C.P.; Shine, R. 1996. Reconstructing ancestral reaction norms: an example using the evolution of reptilian viviparity. Functional Ecology 10(6): 688-697.

Qualls, C.P.; Shine, R. 1998. Costs of reproduction in conspecific oviparous and viviparous lizards, Lerista bougainvillii. Oikos 82(3): 539-551.

Qualls, C.P.; Shine, R. 1998. Lerista bougainvillii, a case study for the evolution of viviparity in reptiles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 11(1): 63-78.

Qualls, C.P.; Shine, R.; Donnellan, S.; Hutchinson, M. 1995. The evolution of viviparity within the Australian scincid lizard Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Zoology (London) 237(1): 13-26.

Smyth, M.; Smith, M.J. 1974. Aspects of the natural history of three Australian skinks, Morethia boulengeri, Menetia greyii and Lerista bougainvillii. Journal of Herpetology 8(4): 329-335.

Lerista bunglebungle

Lloyd, R. 2015. Twenty-five years buried: rediscovery of the Bungle Bungle Robust Slider, Lerista bunglebungle (Lacertilia: Sphenomorphidae). Western Australian Naturalist 30(1): 36-42.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Lerista carpentariae

Greer, A.E. 1983. A new species of Lerista from Groote Eylandt and the Sir Edward Pellew group. Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 48-53.

Lerista chalybura

Storr, G.M. 1985. Revision of Lerista frosti and allied secies (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 307-316.

Lerista chordae

Amey, A.P.; Kutt, A.S.; Hutchinson, M. 2005. A new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 125-131.

Lerista christinae

Smith, L.A. 1997. An additional species of reptile for Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 21(3): 181.

Storr, G.M. 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 134-142.

Lerista cinerea

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Greer, A.E.; McDonald, K.R.; Lawrie, B.C. 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 247-255.

Lerista clara

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista colliveri

Couper, P.J.; Ingram, G.J. 1992. A new species of skink of Lerista from Queensland and a re-appraisal of L. allanae (Longman). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32(1): 55-59.

Greer, A.E.; Couper, P.J. 1998. A further diagnostic character and some basic biological information for Lerista colliveri. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 474.

Lerista connivens

Gans, C.; Fusari, M. 1994. Locomotor analysis of surface propulsion by three species of reduced-limbed fossorial lizards (Lerista: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Journal of Morphology 222(3): 309-326.

Lerista desertorum

Pianka, E.R. 2011. Notes on the ecology of some uncommon skinks in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 28(1): 50-60.

Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Frank-furt. a. M. Mitt. Sanckenb, Ges. 1: 76-83.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Vanderduys, E.P.; Hines, H.; Gynther, I.; Kutt, A.; Absolon, M. 2011. Lerista desertorum - a new skink species for Queensland with notes on other significant herpetofauna records from western Queensland. Australian Zoologist 35(3): 622-626.

Lerista distinguenda

Craig, M.D.; Grigg, A.H.; Garkaklis, M.J.; Hobbs, R.J.; Grant, C.D.; Fleming, P.A.; Hardy, G.E. 2009. Does habitat structure influence capture probabilities? A study of reptiles in a eucalypt forest. Wildlife Research 36(6): 509-515.

Lerista dorsalis

Skinner, A. 2012. Limb abnormalities in two species of Lerista (Scincidae, Squamata). Current Herpetology 31(1): 1-7.

Storr, G.M. 1985. Revision of Lerista frosti and allied secies (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 307-316.

Lerista edwardsae

Storr, G.M. 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 1-9.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(3): 529-533.

Lerista elegans

Benesch, A.R.; Withers, P.C. 2002. Burrowing performance and the role of limb reduction in Lerista (Scincidae, Lacertilia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82(1): 107-114.

Browne-Cooper, R. 1992. A record of aggregation in Lerista elegans (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(2): 38-39.

Johnstone, R.E. 1978. Seabird islands. North Fisherman Island, Western Australia. Corella 2(2): 43-45.

Lerista emmotti

Ingram, G.J.; Couper, P.J.; Donnellan, S.C. 1993. A new two-toed skink from eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 341-347.

Lerista eupoda

Smith, L.A. 1996. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia, Lerista eupoda. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 79(2): 161-164.

Lerista flammicauda

Storr, G.M. 1985. Revision of Lerista frosti and allied secies (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 307-316.

Lerista fragilis

Günther, A. 1880. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and batrachians from Australia, collected by Hr. Damel for the Godeffroy Museum. Journal Mus. Godeffr. 12 [1876]: 45-47.

Lerista frosti

Storr, G.M. 1985. Revision of Lerista frosti and allied secies (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(3): 307-316.

Lerista gascoynensis

Storr, G.M. 1986. Two new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 47-52.

Lerista gerrardii

Smith, L.A. 1996. A new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia, Lerista eupoda. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 79(2): 161-164.

Lerista greeri

Storr, G.M. 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 1-9.

Lerista griffini

Maryan, B.; Robinson, D. 1997. An insular population of Lerista griffini and comments on the identity of Lerista praefrontalis, (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Western Australian Naturalist 21(3): 157-160.

Storr, G.M. 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 1-9.

Lerista haroldi

Storr, G.M. 1983. Two new lizards from Western Australia (genera Diplodactylus and Lerista). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(1): 59-62.

Lerista hobsoni

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Lerista ingrami

Covacevich, J.A.; Couper, P.J.; Roberts, L. 1997. New data on Lerista ingrami, a rare skink from southern Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 24.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 413-417.

Lerista ips

Storr, G.M. 1980. A new Lerista and two new Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(3): 441-447.

Storr, G.M. 1990. A new member of the Lerista bipes group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Kimberley. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 439-442.

Lerista jacksoni

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista kalumburu

Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2014. Morphological diversity and genetic structure within Lerista kalumburu Storr, 1976 (Squamata: Scincomorpha: Sphenomorphidae) - taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3821(2): 239-252.

Lerista karlschmidti

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P. 2009. Lerista karlschmidti (Marx and Hosmer, 1959) (Sauria: Scincidae): re-examination of the type series, reassignment of a paratype and distribution notes. Zootaxa 2312: 39-48.

Marx, H.; Hosmer, W. 1959. A new skink from Australia. Copeia 1959: 207-208.

Lerista kendricki

Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147.

Lerista kennedyensis

Kendrick, P.G. 1989. Two new species of Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Cape Range and Kennedy Range of Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 350-355.

Lerista kingi

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista labialis

Greenville, A.C.; Dickman, C.R. 2005. The ecology of Lerista labialis (Scincidae) in the Simpson Desert: reproduction and diet. Journal of Arid Environments 60(4): 611-625.

Greenville, A.C.; Dickman, C.R. 2009. Factors affecting habitat selection in a specialist fossorial skink. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97(3): 531-544.

Lerista lineata

Davis, R.A.; Bamford, M.J. 2005. A range extension for Lerista lineopunctulata and a second record of Lerista lineata, near Yalgorup, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 25(1): 59-60.

Maryan, B.; Gaikhorst, G.; O'Connell, M.; Callan, S. 2015. Notes on the distribution and conservation status of the Perth Lined Skink, Lerista lineata: a small lizard in a big city. Western Australian Naturalist 30(1): 12-29.

Youngson, K.; Harold, G. 1989. A range extension of the skink Lerista lineata. Western Australian Naturalist 17(8): 233.

Lerista lineopunctulata

Amey, A.P.; Edwards, D.L. 2017. Taxonomy of the Sand Sliders of Western Australia’s central coast (genus Lerista, Squamata: Scincidae): recognition of Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867). Zootaxa 4317(1): 111–133.

Benesch, A.R.; Withers, P.C. 2002. Burrowing performance and the role of limb reduction in Lerista (Scincidae, Lacertilia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82(1): 107-114.

Davis, R.A.; Bamford, M.J. 2005. A range extension for Lerista lineopunctulata and a second record of Lerista lineata, near Yalgorup, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 25(1): 59-60.

Edwards, D.L.; Keogh, J.S.; Knowles, L.L. 2012. Effects of vicariant barriers, habitat stability, population isolation and environmental features on species divergence in the south-western Australian coastal reptile community. Molecular Ecology 21(15): 3809-3822.

Gans, C.; Fusari, M. 1994. Locomotor analysis of surface propulsion by three species of reduced-limbed fossorial lizards (Lerista: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Journal of Morphology 222(3): 309-326.

Glauert, L. 1962. Herpetological miscellanea. XIII. A new skink from the North-west Cape, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 86-87.

Loveridge, A. 1933. New scincid lizards of the genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona and Lygosoma from Australia. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 95-100.

Lerista macropisthopus

Gans, C.; Fusari, M. 1994. Locomotor analysis of surface propulsion by three species of reduced-limbed fossorial lizards (Lerista: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Journal of Morphology 222(3): 309-326.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Werner, F. 1903. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem naturhistorischen Museum in Brussel. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 246-253.

Lerista micra

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista microtis

Johnstone, R.E.; Smith, L.A.; Klomp, N.I. 1990. Seabird islands. No. 203. Wickham Island, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia. Corella 14(4): 131-132.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista microtis (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 469-476.

Lerista miopus

Amey, A.P.; Edwards, D.L. 2017. Taxonomy of the Sand Sliders of Western Australia’s central coast (genus Lerista, Squamata: Scincidae): recognition of Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867). Zootaxa 4317(1): 111–133.

Lerista muelleri

Annable, T.J. 1995. Annotated checklist of the reptiles of Wagga Wagga and district, NSW. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 22-27.

Bartlett, R.D. 1992. Notes on three diverse and interesting skinks. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 40(10): 108-110, 112, 114-116.

Hutchinson, M. 2008. Nomenclature of the scincid lizards belonging to eastern Australian populations formerly assigned to Lerista muelleri (Fischer, 1881). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 38(1): 39-40.

Morris, K.D.; Rice, G.E. 1981. Some vertebrates recorded on a visit to Queen Victoria Spring in December 1977. Western Australian Naturalist 15(1): 11-13.

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista neander

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Lerista nevinae

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista nichollsi

Loveridge, A. 1933. New scincid lizards of the genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona and Lygosoma from Australia. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 95-100.

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 109-118.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147.

Lerista occulta

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista onsloviana

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 109-118.

Lerista orientalis

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 413-417.

Lerista petersoni

Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147.

Storr, G.M.; Harold, G. 1980. Additions to the herpetofauna of the Shark Bay Region, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 240.

Lerista picturata

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(3): 529-533.

Lerista planiventralis

Storr, G.M. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the reptiles of the Shark Bay region, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 303-318.

Storr, G.M. 1991. A new subspecies of Lerista planiventralis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 483-485.

Lerista praefrontalis

Greer, A.E. 1986. Diagnosis of the Lerista bipes species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae), with a description of a new species and an updated diagnosis of the genus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 121-127.

Maryan, B.; Robinson, D. 1997. An insular population of Lerista griffini and comments on the identity of Lerista praefrontalis, (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Western Australian Naturalist 21(3): 157-160.

Lerista praepedita

Benesch, A.R.; Withers, P.C. 2002. Burrowing performance and the role of limb reduction in Lerista (Scincidae, Lacertilia). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 82(1): 107-114.

Edwards, D.L.; Keogh, J.S.; Knowles, L.L. 2012. Effects of vicariant barriers, habitat stability, population isolation and environmental features on species divergence in the south-western Australian coastal reptile community. Molecular Ecology 21(15): 3809-3822.

Lerista punctatovittata

Goonan, P.; Mann, A. 1992. Fauna of the Brookfield Conservation Park in the Murray mallee, South Australia. 1. Preliminary results of a survey of the small vertebrate community in a mallee-spinifex habitat. South Australian Naturalist 66(3): 44-48.

Ingram, G.J.; Couper, P.J.; Donnellan, S.C. 1993. A new two-toed skink from eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 341-347.

Lord, C.E.; Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Oldham, Beddome and Meredith, Hobart. 340 pp.

Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279.

Lerista puncticauda

Storr, G.M. 1991. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 149-161.

Lerista quadrivincula

Shea, G. 1991. A replacement name for Lerista concolor Storr, 1990 (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 289.

Storr, G.M. 1990. A new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Pilbara. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 669-670.

Lerista rhodonoides

Lucas, A.H.S.; Frost, C. 1896. Description of a new species of Ablepharus from Victoria, with critical notes on two other Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 281-283.

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista robusta

Storr, G.M. 1990. A new member of the Lerista bipes group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Kimberley. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 439-442.

Lerista rochfordensis

Amey, A.P.; Couper, P.J. 2009. A new limb-reduced skink (Scincidae: Lerista) from the dry rainforest of north Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 2173: 19-30.

Lerista rolfei

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista simillima

Storr, G.M. 1984. A new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(3): 287-290.

Lerista stictopleura

Storr, G.M. 1985. Two new skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12(2): 193-196.

Lerista storri

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Greer, A.E.; McDonald, K.R.; Lawrie, B.C. 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 247-255.

Lerista taeniata

Greer, A.E. 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 443-448.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista aericeps (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 365-381.

Lerista terdigitata

Schwaner, T.D.; Edwards, A.; Miller, B. 1985. Distribution of Lerista terdigitata (Sauria: Scincidae) in South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 109(2): 55-56.

Lerista timida

Skinner, A. 2012. Limb abnormalities in two species of Lerista (Scincidae, Squamata). Current Herpetology 31(1): 1-7.

Lerista uniduo

Storr, G.M. 1984. Revision of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 11(2): 109-118.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147.

Lerista vanderduysi

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Lerista varia

Storr, G.M. 1986. Two new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(1): 47-52.

Lerista verhmens

Smith, L.A.; Adams, M. 2007. Revision of the Lerista muelleri species-group (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia, with a redescription of L. muelleri (Fischer, 1881) and the description of nine new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23(4): 309-357.

Lerista vermicularis

Storr, G.M. 1982. Four new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western & South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 1-9.

Lerista viduata

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista microtis (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 469-476.

Lerista vittata

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Greer, A.E.; McDonald, K.R.; Lawrie, B.C. 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 247-255.

Lerista wilkinsi

Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Wilmer, J.W. 2016. Cryptic diversity within the narrowly endemic Lerista wilkinsi group of North Queensland - two new species (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4162(1): 61-91.

Greer, A.E.; McDonald, K.R.; Lawrie, B.C. 1983. Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the wilkinsi species group. Journal of Herpetology 17(2): 247-255.

Longman, H.A. 1937. Herpetological Notes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 165-168.

Lerista xanthura

Greer, A.E. 1990. The taxonomic status of Lerista aericeps Storr 1986 with a diagnosis of the Lerista orientalis species group. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 443-448.

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Reptiles new to the fauna of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 217-218.

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista aericeps (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 365-381.

Lerista yuna

Storr, G.M. 1991. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(1): 139-147.

Lerista zonulata

Storr, G.M. 1991. Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2): 413-417.