Slender slider

The slender slider (Pletholax gracilis) is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae.[3]

Slender slider

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pletholax
Species:
P. gracilis
Binomial name
Pletholax gracilis
(Cope, 1864)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pygopus gracilis
    Cope, 1864
  • Pletholax gracilis
    — Boulenger, 1885

Geographic range

Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern Australia.[2]

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References
  1. Doughty, P., Lloyd, R. & Gaikhorst, G. 2018. Pletholax gracilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102831288A102831322. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102831288A102831322.en. Downloaded on 11 February 2019.
  2. "Pletholax gracilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Shea, Glenn M.; Peterson, Magnus (1993). "Notes on the biology of the genus Pletholax Cope (Squamata: Pygopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 16 (3): 419–425.


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