Lerista karlschmidti

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Lerista karlschmidti (Marx & Hosmer, 1959)

Holotype: CNHM 97957, collected by A. Johnson in 1952.
Type locality: “Woodstock, about 23 miles [=37 km] south of Townsville, north Queensland, Australia”.
Paratypes (n=2): CNHM 97958 and 97741, same data as holotype.

Marx, H. & Hosmer, W. 1959. A new skink from Australia. Copeia 1959(3): 207–208. DOI: 10.2307/1440388 JSTOR Reference page.
Greer, A.E. 1967. A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards. Breviora 267: 1–19. BHL Reference page.

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. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Vanderduys, E., Gillespie, G., Amey, A. & McDonald, P. 2018. IUCN: Lerista karlschmidti (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109476540A109476552. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109476540A109476552.en. Accessed on 01 July 2026.