Blunt-tailed West Coast Slider
Lerista praepedita
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Skinks)
- GenusLerista (Sliders)
- SpeciesLerista praepedita (Blunt-tailed West Coast Slider)
About the Blunt-tailed West Coast Slider
The western worm lerista or blunt-tailed west-coast slider (Lerista praepedita) is a species of skink native to coastal areas of southwest and midwest Western Australia. It is found amongst heath and woodlands on coastal dunes.
It is very thin, with no front legs and extremely small, stumpy back legs. It is a pale grey or brown, with a prominent, broad, dark brown stripe along each side, and a series of small brown dashes along its back. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cape Range
Keeled Slider
Lerista planiventralis
Cape Range Slider
Lerista allochira
Northern Dotted-line Robust Slider
Lerista miopus
Lined Firetail Skink
Morethia ruficauda
Plain Ctenotus
Ctenotus inornatus
Shaded-litter Rainbow Skink
Carlia munda
Callose-palmed Shining-skink
Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus
Leopard Ctenotus
Ctenotus pantherinus
Centralian Bluetongue
Tiliqua multifasciata
West Coast Morethia Skink
Morethia lineoocellata
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Range | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Ningaloo Marine Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |