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Pilbara blue-tailed slider

Pilbara blue-tailed slider (Lerista zietzi)
Tom Price, Western Australia
Photo © Jordan Vos
Lerista zietzi - Wells & Wellington, 1985
Pronunciation  ler-ISS-tah  
Etymology  Lerista: apparently meaningless.1
zietzi: the name honours the Australian herpetologist, F.R. Zietz who pioneered lizard taxonomy in Australia while working at the South Australian Museum.
Other names  Zietz's slider
Lerista chalybura 
 
Snout-to-vent length
Species avg: 5.5 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
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Description

Similar species

Taxonomic notes

This species was described by Wells & Wellington in 1985.2
Lerista zietzi is a senior synonym of Lerista chalybura Storr 1985 (chalybura = 'steel-tailed'). This idea was suggested in 19993, and although those authors recognised L. chalybura, L. zietzi has since been widely accepted (e.g., Skinner et al. (2008)4, Wilson & Swan (2008)5).

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