Lerista colliveri, nubbinned fine-lined slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, colliveri, is in honor of Frederick Stanley "Stan" Colliver (1908âÂÂ1991), who was an Australian geologist and malacologist.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. colliveri are forest and savanna.
Description
Large for its genus, L. colliveri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , and a tail length of . It has very reduced limbs. Each rear leg has only one digit, which has a claw, but each front leg is only a clawless "nubbin".
Behavior
L. colliveri is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction
L. colliveri is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. .
- Couper PJ, (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): 55âÂÂ60. (Lerista colliveri, new species).
- , Couper PJ (1998). "A further diagnostic character and some basic biological information for Lerista colliveri ". Mem. Queensland Mus. 42 (2): 474.
- , (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .