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Centralian Floodplains Desert Skink
Liopholis slateri
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.
From the article Slater's desert skink on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 38600.