Species profile—Lerista vittata (Mount Cooper striped lerista)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Lerista vittata (Mount Cooper striped lerista)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Lerista vittata Greer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983
- Common name
- Mount Cooper striped lerista
- Type reference
- Greer, A.E., McDonald, K.R. & Lawrie, B.C. (1983). Three new species of Lerista (Scincidae) from northern Queensland with a diagnosis of the L. wilkinsi group. Journal of Herpetology 17(3), 247-255.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 146
- Alternate name(s)
- side-striped fine-lined lerista
side-striped fine-lined slider - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=146.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
