A REPLACEMENT NAME FOR LERISTA CONCOLOR STORR, 1990 (SQUAMATA SCINCIDAE).

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FULL TEXT: In a recent note, Storr (1990) described as new Lerista concolor, from a single specimen from the Maitland River. Unfortunately, Lerista concolor Storr is a junior subjective homonym of Lygosoma (Rhodona) hipes concolor Werner, 1910, itself a junior subjective synonym (Storr 1971) of Lerista lineopunctulata (Dumeril and Bibron, 1839), and consequently a replacement name is required while both species remain in Lerista (Article 59 of the Code). I propose Lerista quadrivincula as a replacement name for Lerista concolor Storr. The name, from the Latin quadr- (four) and vinculum (a chain), alludes to the four lines of dark streaks on the dorsum, one of the diagnostic characters of the species (Storr 1990).

References
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Storr, G. M. (1971). The genus Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in Western Australia. J. R. Soc. West. Aust. 54:59-75.
Storr, G. M. (1990). A new Lerista (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from the Pilbara. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 14:669-670.
Werner, F. (1910). Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). pp. 451-493 in Michaelsen W. and Hartmeyer R. (eds). Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena.