Slater's desert skink

Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Slater's desert skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Egerniidae
Genus:	Liopholis
Species:	L. slateri
Binomial name
Liopholis slateri (Storr, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
Egernia slateri Storr, 1968 Liopholis slateri — Gardner et al., 2008

Etymology

The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.^[3]

Geographic range

L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. slateri are forest and shrubland.^[1]

Reproduction

L. slateri is viviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Liopholis slateri slateri (Storr, 1968) – southern Northern Territory
• Liopholis slateri virgata (Storr, 1968) – northern South Australia

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis.