Lerista storri, commonly known as the Mount Surprise slider or Storr's lerista, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology The specific name, storri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lerista storri, p. 256).
Geographic range L. storri is found in Queensland in Australia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of L. storri is eucalypt woodlands.
Description L. storri has no front legs. The back legs are rudimentary, short, and styliform.
Behaviour L. storri locomotes by "sand swimming".Greer et al. (1983).
Reproduction L. storri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Greer AE, McDonald KR, Lawrie BC (1983). "Three New Species of Lerista (Scincidae) from Northern Queensland with a Diagnosis of the Wilkinsi [sic] Species Group". Journal of Herpetology 17 (3): 247–255. (Lerista storri, new species). Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .