Gnaraloo Mulch Slider

About the Gnaraloo Mulch Slider

Lerista haroldi, also known commonly as the Gnaraloo mulch-slider and Harold's lerista, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Australian state of Western Australia. The specific name, haroldi, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Gregory Harold.

The preferred natural habitat of L. haroldi is grassland. L. haroldi has three digits on each of its four feet. L. haroldi is oviparous. Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.

Storr GM (1983). "Two New Lizards from Western Australia (Genera Diplodactylus and Lerista)". Records of the Western Australian Museum 11 (1): 59–62. (Lerista haroldi, new species, pp. 61–62, Figure 2). Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (199). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. ISBN 978-0730726562.

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