Western worm lerista

Western worm lerista

Taxobox
name = western worm lerista
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Lerista"
species = "L. praepedita"
binomial = "Lerista praepedita"
binomial_authority = (Boulenger 1887)The western worm lerista ("Lerista praepedita") is a species of skink native to coastal areas of southwest and midwestWestern Australia. It is found amongst heath and woodlands on coastal dunes.cite book | author = Bush, Brian; Maryan, Brad; Browne-Cooper, Robert; Robinson, David | year = 1995 | title = A guide to the reptiles and frogs of the Perth region | publisher = University of Western Australia Press | isbn = 1-875560-42-4]

It is very thin, with no front legs and extremely small stumpy back legs. It is a pale grey or brown, with a prominent, broad, dark brown stripe along each side, and a series of small brown dashes along its back.

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