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Lerista nevinae

species of reptile

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3230202 ↗
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Lerista nevinae, also known commonly as Nevin's three-toed slider and Nevin's slider, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, nevinae, is in honor of Anne F. Nevin of the Western Australian Museum.

Description

Lerista nevinae has 18 scale rows at midbody.

Dorsally, it is pale brown, with black stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4 cm (1.6 in).

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Lerista nevinae is shrubland on coastal dunes.

Reproduction

Lerista nevinae is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Cogger, H.G. (2014).

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This entry incorporates text from “Lerista nevinae” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.