Lerista

Taxobox
name = "Lerista"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Scincidae
genus = "Lerista"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Lerista" is a genus of skink which are especially notable for the variation of the amount of limb reduction within their legs. The variation ranges from fully formed legs and toes, to completely lacking in feet. The length of the skins ranges from 3.3 centimeters to 10.3 centimeters. Their preferred locomotive habitat is linked to their length and the development of feet. The longer skinks with less developed feet generally travel underground in sandy soils, and the shorter skinks with well formed feet travel on the surface.

pecies

*"Lerista aericeps"
*"Lerista allanae"
*"Lerista allochira"
*"Lerista ameles"
*"Lerista apoda"
*"Lerista arenicola"
*"Lerista axillaris"
*"Lerista baynesi"
*"Lerista bipes"
*"Lerista borealis"
*"Lerista bougainvillii"
*"Lerista bunglebungle"
*"Lerista carpentariae"
*"Lerista chalybura"
*"Lerista christinae"
*"Lerista cinerea"
*"Lerista colliveri"
*"Lerista connivens"
*"Lerista desertorum"
*"Lerista distinguenda"
*"Lerista dorsalis"
*"Lerista edwardsae"
*"Lerista elegans"
*"Lerista elongata"
*"Lerista emmotti"
*"Lerista eupoda"
*"Lerista flammicauda"
*"Lerista fragilis"
*"Lerista frosti"
*"Lerista gascoynensis"
*"Lerista gerrardii"
*"Lerista greeri"
*"Lerista griffini"
*"Lerista haroldi"
*"Lerista humphriesi"
*"Lerista ingrami"
*"Lerista ips"
*"Lerista kalumburu"
*"Lerista karlschmidti"
*"Lerista kendricki"
*"Lerista kennedyensis"
*"Lerista labialis"
*"Lerista lineata"
*"Lerista lineopunctulata"
*"Lerista macropisthopus"
*"Lerista maculosa"
*"Lerista microtis"
*"Lerista muelleri"
*"Lerista neander"
*"Lerista nichollsi"
*"Lerista onsloviana"
*"Lerista orientalis"
*"Lerista petersoni"
*"Lerista picturata"
*"Lerista planiventralis"
*"Lerista praefrontalis"
*"Lerista praepedita"
*"Lerista punctatovittata"
*"Lerista puncticauda"
*"Lerista quadrivincula"
*"Lerista robusta"
*"Lerista separanda"
*"Lerista simillima"
*"Lerista speciosa"
*"Lerista stictopleura"
*"Lerista storri"
*"Lerista stylis"
*"Lerista taeniata"
*"Lerista talpina"
*"Lerista terdigitata"
*"Lerista tridactyla"
*"Lerista uniduo"
*"Lerista varia"
*"Lerista vermicularis"
*"Lerista viduata"
*"Lerista vittata"
*"Lerista walkeri"
*"Lerista wilkinsi"
*"Lerista xanthura"
*"Lerista yuna"
*"Lerista zonulata"

References

[http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/limb_reduction.htm Herpetology - Limb reduction in Australian lizards]