Lerista baynesi, also known commonly as Baynes' lerista and Bayne's slider, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology The specific name, baynesi, is in honor of Alexander Baynes (born 1944), who is an Australian mammalogist and paleontologist.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Lerista baynesi, p. 20).
Geographic range L. baynesi is found in the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of L. baynesi are savanna and shrubland.
Description L. baynesi has no front legs, and very small hind legs. Each hind leg has two toes.
Reproduction L. baynesi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Storr GM (1971). "The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 59–75. (Lerista picturata baynesi, new subspecies). Storr GM (1991). "Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (3): 529–534. (Lerista baynesi, new status). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .