FIGURE 9 in Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae)

FIGURE 9. Select Lerista microtis specimens showing variability in size and colour pattern. (A) Specimen WAM_R113419 from Margaret River area (south-west WA) with dark grey-brown dorsal colour, orange tail and no dorsal pattering (formerly L. m. microtis); (B) specimen WAM_R129702 from Quagi Beach (south-west WA) with continuous paravertebral stripes and olive brown dorsal colour (formerly L. m. intermedia); (C) pale specimen WAM_R137656 from the Nullarbor coast in SA (formerly L. arenicola); (D) specimen SAMA_R45924 from Wedge Island (SA) showing continuous paravertebral stripes and vertebral stripe (formerly L. m. schwaneri); (E) the holotype of Lerista microtis.