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Four-chained Slider

Lerista quadrivincula Shea, 1991

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Lerista quadrivincula Shea, 1991
Name authority
Shea, 1991
Common name
Four-chained Slider
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Scincidae
Genus
Lerista
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyScincidae
  12. subfamilySphenomorphinae
  13. genusLerista
  14. speciesLerista quadrivincula Shea, 1991

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Lerista. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Kalumburu SliderLerista kalumburu Storr, 1976ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
King's Three-toed SliderLerista kingi Smith & Adams, 2007ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bold-striped Robust SliderLerista gerrardii (Gray, 1864)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Wide-striped Mulch SliderLerista elongata Storr, 1990ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bold-striped SliderLerista christinae Storr, 1979ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Ravensthorpe Range SliderLerista viduata Storr, 1991ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
North-eastern Orange-tailed SliderLerista zonulata Storr, 1991ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Nevin's Three-toed SliderLerista nevinae Smith & Adams, 2007ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Unpatterned Robust SliderLerista macropisthopus (Werner, 1903)ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
McIvor River SliderLerista ingrami Storr, 1991ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
South-eastern Kimberley SandsliderLerista greeri Storr, 1982ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Noonbah Robust SliderLerista emmotti Ingram, Couper & Donnellan, 1993ScincidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lerista concolor Storr, 1990 Storr, 1990synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Australia (Western Australia, near Karratha)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lerista&species=quadrivincula Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6Q267. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.