Bougainville's skink

Bougainville's skink
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. bougainvillii
Binomial name
	Lerista bougainvillii; (Gray, 1839)
Synonyms
	Riopa Brougainvillii [sic] ; Gray, 1839; Lygosoma bougainvillii ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839; Rhodona bougainvillii ; — M.A. Smith, 1937; Nodorha bougainvillii ; — Mittleman, 1952; Lerista bougainvillii ; — Greer, 1967;

Bougainville's skink (Lerista bougainvillii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. This species is also commonly called the south-eastern slider and Bougainville's lerista.

Etymology

The specific name, bougainvillii, and the common names, Bougainville's skink and Bougainville's lerista, are in honour of French naval officer Hyacinthe de Bougainville.

Geographic range

L. bougainvillii is found in south-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands.

Description

Bougainville's skink has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. bougainvillii are forest and shrubland. However, it is seldom seen, as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand, and thin stone slabs.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of L. bougainvillii varies. Some populations are oviparous, but other populations are viviparous.

References

1 2 3 Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Clemann, N. (2018). "Lerista bougainvillii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T109475231A109475256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475231A109475256.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Species Lerista bougainvillii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
1 2 3 4 Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. 608 pp. ISBN 0-589-50108-9.
1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista bougainvillii, p. 33).
↑ Wildlife of Tasmania – Bougainville's Skink.

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many New Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, First Series 2: 331-337. ("Riopa Brougainvillii [sic]", new species, p. 332).
Greer AE (1967). "A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards". Breviora (267): 1-19. (Lerista bougainvillii, new combination).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Clemann, N. (2018). "Lerista bougainvillii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T109475231A109475256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475231A109475256.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Species Lerista bougainvillii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[Cogger1979-3] 1 2 3 4 Cogger HG (1979). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney: Reed. 608 pp. ISBN 0-589-50108-9.

[EDR-4] 1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lerista bougainvillii, p. 33).

[5] Wildlife of Tasmania – Bougainville's Skink.

Bougainville's skink

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Lerista
Species:	L. bougainvillii
Binomial name
*Lerista bougainvillii* (Gray, 1839)
Synonyms
Riopa Brougainvillii [sic] Gray, 1839 Lygosoma bougainvillii — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Rhodona bougainvillii — M.A. Smith, 1937 Nodorha bougainvillii — Mittleman, 1952 Lerista bougainvillii — Greer, 1967