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Cape Range slider |
Cape Range National Park, Western Australia Photo © Brad Maryan |
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Lerista allochira | ||||||
Pronunciation | ler-ISS-tah | |||||
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Etymology |
Lerista: apparently meaningless.1
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Description
Similar species
Distinguished from other members of the Lerista muelleri complex in having two fingers (compared with 3) and one presubocular scale (compared with two).2 Taxonomic notes
Kendrick (1989) Two new species of Lerista (Lacertilia:Scincidae) from the Cape Range and Kennedy Range of Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 23:350-355 |
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