Belongs within: Lygosominae.
Lerista, sliders, is an Australian genus of mostly burrowing skinks found in loose soil or sand under cover (Cogger 2018).
Characters (from Cogger 2018): Supranasals absent. Nasals enlarged, usually in contact medially. Prefrontals small and widely separated or absent. Parietal shields in contact behind interparietal. Lower eyelid with transparent disc, movable or fused above to form permanent spectacle. Ear opening small but always distinct. Single pair of enlarged pre-anals. Limbs varying from well developed and pentadactyle through various degrees of reduction in length and number of digits to a minute style or completely absent, always separated if present by at least several scale legs when adpressed.
Lerista Bell 1833C18 [=Ophiopsis Fitzinger 1843M52]
|--*L. lineata Bell 1833M52, C18 [=Ablepharus lineatusM52, *Ophiopsis lineataM52]
|--L. aericeps Storr 1986C18
|--L. allanae (Longman 1937)C18
|--L. allochira Kendrick 1989C18
|--L. ameles Greer 1979C18
|--L. amicorum Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. anyara Amey et al. 2019EK22
|--L. apoda Storr 1976C18
|--L. arenicola Storr 1972C18 [=L. microtis arenicolaSt91c]
|--L. axillaris Storr 1991C18
|--L. baynesi Storr 1972 [=L. picturata baynesi]St91e
|--L. bipes (Fischer 1882)C18
|--L. borealis Storr 1971C18
|--L. bougainvillii (Gray 1839)C18
|--L. bunglebungle Storr 1991C18
|--L. carpentariae Greer 1983C18
|--L. chalybura Storr 1985 [incl. L. zietzi Wells & Wellington 1985]EK22
|--L. chordae Amey, Kutt & Hutchinson 2005C18
|--L. christinae Storr 1979C18
|--L. cinerea Greer, McDonald & Lawrie 1983C18
|--L. clara Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. colliveri Couper & Ingram 1992C18
|--L. connivens Storr 1972ACD22
|--L. desertorum (Sternfeld 1919)C18
|--L. distinguenda (Werner 1910)C18
|--L. dorsalis Storr 1985C18
|--L. edwardsae Storr 1982 [=Lerista picturata edwardsae]St91e
|--L. elegans (Gray 1845)ADD08
|--L. elongata Storr 1990C18
|--L. emmotti Ingram, Couper & Donnellan 1993C18
|--L. eupoda Smith 1996C18
|--L. flammicauda Storr 1985C18
|--L. fragilis (Günther 1876)C18
|--L. frosti (Zietz 1895)C18
|--L. gascoynensis Storr 1986C18
|--L. gerrardii (Gray 1864)C18
|--L. greeri Storr 1982C18
|--L. griffini Storr 1982C18
|--L. haroldi Storr 1983C18
|--L. hobsoni Amey, Couper & Worthington Wilmer in Couper, Amey & Worthington Wilmer 2016C18
|--L. humphriesi Storr 1971C18
|--L. ingrami Storr 1991C18
|--L. ips Storr 1980C18
|--L. jacksoni Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. kalumburu Storr 1976C18
|--L. karlschmidti (Marx & Hosmer 1959)C18
|--L. kendricki Storr 1991C18
|--L. kennedyensis Kendrick 1989C18
|--L. kingi Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. labialis Storr 1971C18
|--L. lineopunctulata (Duméril & Bibron 1839) [incl. Lygosoma (Rhodona) bipes concolor Werner 1910]Sh91a
|--L. macropisthopus (Werner 1903)C18
| |--L. m. macropisthopusADD08
| |--L. m. fusciceps Storr 1991ADD08
| |--L. m. galea Storr 1991St91g
| `--L. m. remota Storr 1991St91g
|--L. micra Smith & Adams 2007ADD08
|--L. microtis (Gray 1845) [=Moca microtis]St91c
| |--L. m. microtisSt91c
| |--L. m. intermedia Storr 1991St91c
| `--L. m. schwaneri Storr 1991St91c
|--L. miopus Günther 1867ACD22
|--L. muelleri (Fischer 1881) [incl. Lygosoma (Rhodona) goerlingi Ahl 1935, Le. goerlingi]Sh91b
|--L. neander Storr 1971C18
|--L. nevinae Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. nichollsi (Loveridge 1933)C18
|--L. occulta Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. onsloviana Storr 1984C18
|--L. orientalis (DeVis 1889) [=Miculia orientalis]St91b
|--L. petersoni Storr 1976C18 [=L. nichollsi petersoniSt91f; incl. L. talpina Storr 1991ACD22]
|--L. picturata (Fry 1914) [=Lygosoma (Rhodona) picturatum]St91e
|--L. planiventralis (Lucas & Frost 1902)C18
| |--L. p. planiventralisADD08
| |--L. p. decora (Storr 1978)ADD08
| `--L. p. maryani Storr 1991St91d
|--L. praefrontalis Greer 1986C18
|--L. praepedita (Boulenger 1887)ADD08
|--L. punctatovittata (Günther 1867)C18
|--L. puncticauda Storr 1991C18
|--L. quadrivincula Shea 1991 [=L. concolor Storr 1990 non Lygosoma bipes concolor Werner 1910]Sh91a
|--L. robusta Storr 1990C18
|--L. rochfordensis Amey & Couper 2009C18
|--L. rolfei Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. separanda Storr 1976C18
|--L. simillima Storr 1984C18
|--L. speciosa Storr 1990C18
|--L. stictopleura Storr 1985C18
|--L. storri Greer, McDonald & Lawrie 1983C18
|--L. stylis (Mitchell 1955)C18
|--L. taeniata Storr 1986C18 [=L. aericeps taeniataSt91a]
|--L. terdigitata (Parker 1926)C18
|--L. timida (De Vis 1888)C18
|--L. tridactyla Storr 1990C18
|--L. uniduo Storr 1984 [incl. L. maculosa Storr 1991]ACD22
|--L. vanderduysi Amey, Couper & Worthington Wilmer in Couper, Amey & Worthington Wilmer 2016C18
|--L. varia Storr 1986ADD08
|--L. verhmens Smith & Adams 2007C18
|--L. vermicularis Storr 1982C18
|--L. viduata Storr 1991C18
|--L. vittata Greer, McDonald & Lawrie 1983C18
|--L. walkeri (Boulenger 1891)C18
|--L. wilkinsi (Parker 1926)C18
|--L. xanthura Storr 1976St91a
|--L. yuna Storr 1991C18
`--L. zonulata Storr 1991C18
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[ACD22] Aplin, K. P., M. A. Cowan & P. Doughty. 2022. Synonymy of two west coast Lerista (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 22–25.
[ADD08] Aplin, K., S. Donnellan & J. Dell. 2008. The herpetofauna of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 75: 39–53.
[C18] Cogger, H. G. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia updated 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.
[EK22] Ellis, R. J., & C. G. Knuckey. 2022. Thirty-six years a synonym: the nomenclatural tale of the Pilbara blue-tailed skink, Lerista chalybura Storr, 1985 (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 37: 26–30.
[M52] Mittleman, M. B. 1952. A generic synopsis of the lizards of the subfamily Lygosominae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (17): 1–35.
[Sh91a] Shea, G. M. 1991a. A replacement name for Lerista concolor Storr, 1990 (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (1): 289.
[Sh91b] Shea, G. M. 1991b. The identity of Lygosoma (Rhodona) goerlingi Ahl, 1935 (Squamata: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (1): 303–306.
[St91a] Storr, G. M. 1991a. Revision of Lerista aericeps (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (2): 365–381.
[St91b] Storr, G. M. 1991b. Revision of Lerista orientalis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (2): 413–417.
[St91c] Storr, G. M. 1991c. Revision of Lerista microtis (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (2): 469–476.
[St91d] Storr, G. M. 1991d. A new subspecies of Lerista planiventralis (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (2): 483–485.
[St91e] Storr, G. M. 1991e. Revision of Lerista picturata (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of southern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (3): 529–533.
[St91f] Storr, G. M. 1991f. Four new members of the Lerista nichollsi complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (1): 139–147.
[St91g] Storr, G. M. 1991g. Partial revision of the Lerista macropisthopus group (Lacertilia: Scincidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (1): 149–161.