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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{speciesbox
| image = South-eastern Slider (Lerista bougainvillii) (8636525905).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author2=Cogger, H. |author3=Clemann, N. |date=2018 |title=''Lerista bougainvillii'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T109475231A109475256 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109475231A109475256.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Lerista
| species = bougainvillii
| authority = (Gray, 1839)
| synonyms = *''Riopa Brougainvillii'' [sic] <br>{{small|Gray, 1839}}
*''Lygosoma bougainvillii'' <br>{{small|— A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839}}
*''Rhodona bougainvillii'' <br>{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1937}}
*''Nodorha bougainvillii'' <br>{{small|— Mittleman, 1952}}
*''Lerista bougainvillii'' <br>{{small|— Greer, 1967}}
| synonyms_ref =<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Lerista|species=bougainvillii}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}

'''Bougainville's skink''' ('''''Lerista bougainvillii''''') is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of [[Biology:Skink|skink]], a [[Biology:Lizard|lizard]] in the family [[Biology:Scincidae|Scincidae]].<ref name=Cogger1979/> This species is also [[Biology:Common name|commonly]] called the '''south-eastern slider'''<ref name=RDB/><ref name=EDR/> and '''Bougainville's lerista'''.<ref name=EDR/>

==Etymology==
The [[Biology:Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''bougainvillii'', and the common names, Bougainville's skink and Bougainville's lerista, are in honour of French naval officer Hyacinthe de Bougainville.<ref name=EDR>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Lerista bougainvillii'', p. 33).</ref>

==Geographic range==
''L. bougainvillii'' is found in south-eastern {{wipe|Australia}}, including north-eastern Tasmania and many Bass Strait islands.<ref name=Cogger1979/>

==Description==
Bougainville's skink has very reduced limbs and moves in a snake-like manner.<ref name=Cogger1979/>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [[Earth:Habitat|habitat]]s of ''L. bougainvillii'' are [[Earth:Forest|forest]] and shrubland.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /> However, it is seldom seen, as much of its life is spent beneath leaf-litter, loose sand, and thin stone slabs.<ref name=Cogger1979>Cogger HG (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Sydney: Reed. 608 pp. {{ISBN|0-589-50108-9}}.</ref><ref>[http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/reptile/Lerbou.html Wildlife of Tasmania – Bougainville’s Skink].</ref>

==Reproduction==
The [[Biology:Modes of reproduction|mode of reproduction]] of ''L. bougainvillii'' varies. Some populations are [[Biology:Oviparity|oviparous]], but other populations are viviparous.<ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021" /><ref name=RDB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
*Gray JE (1839). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many New Genera and Species". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, First Series'' '''2''': 331-337. ("''Riopa Brougainvillii'' [sic]", new species, p.&nbsp;332).
*Greer AE (1967). "A new generic arrangement for some Australian scincid lizards". ''Breviora'' (267): 1-19. (''Lerista bougainvillii'', new combination).
*Wilson S, Swan G (2013). ''A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition''. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.


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[[Category:Lerista]]



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