Lerista elongata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Lerista
Species: Lerista elongata

Name

Lerista elongata Storr, 1990: 550

• Holotype: SAMA R20992, collected by P. Bird on 18 October 1981.
• Type locality: “18 km N Billa Kalina, South Australia, in 29°45'S 136°15'E”.

References

Primary references

• Storr, G.M. 1990. Revision of Lersita terdigitata (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(4): 547–552. PDF

Links

• Robertson, P., Hutchinson, M., Fenner, A. & McDonald, P. 2018. IUCN: Lerista elongata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T178280A101745477. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178280A101745477.en. Accessed on 09 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Wide-striped Mulch Slider