Lerista miopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

• Lerista miopus (Günther, 1867)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.15.60. [in error fide Cogger et al. (1983: 174); Amey & Edwards (2017: 120)]

Type locality: “Champion Bay”, Western Australia, Australia.

Neotype: WAM R136122. [designated by Amey & Edwards (2017: 123)]

Neotype locality: “Strickland St, Geraldton, Western Australia[, Australia] (28°46' S, 114°37' E).”

Combinations

• Soridia miopus Günther, 1867: 49 [original combination]
• Lygosoma (Rhodona) miopus — Glauert, 1960: 98 [name combination]
• [Lerista] miopa — Greer, 1967: 18 [name combination, incorrect spelling]
• Lerista miopus — Amey & Edwards, 2017: 123 [name combination, spelling correction, noun in apposition]

Synonyms

• Lygosoma bipes concolor Werner, 1910: 498 [synonymized by Amey & Edwards (2017: 123)]

Syntypes (3): (1) ZMB 21464, Denham specimen; (2) ZMUH, Tamala specimen; (3) unknown. [Type Catalog. Bauer, Shea & Günther (2003: 283)]

Type locality: “Stat. 65, Denham”; “Stat. 70, Tamala”, Western Australia, Australia.

• Lygosoma (Rhodona) nigriceps Glauert, 1962: 86 [synonymized by Amey & Edwards (2017: 123)]

Holotype: WAM R14039.

Type locality: Vlaming Lighthouse, North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 3, 20(115): 45–67. DOI: 10.1080/00222936708562716 BHL Reference page. 
• Werner, F. 1910. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). pp. 451–493 In Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band 2, Lieferung 25. G. Fischer: Jena. BHL Reference page. 
• Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 2. The genus Lygosoma. Western Australian Naturalist 7(4): 81–99. Reference page. 
• Glauert, L. 1962. Herpetological miscellanea. XIII. A new skink from the North-west Cape, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 86–87. Reference page. 
• Greer, A.E. 1967. A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards. Breviora 267: 1–19. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.5 Reference page.