Slater's desert skink

Slater's desert skink (Liopholis slateri), also known commonly as the Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, and Slater's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology
The specific name, slateri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Kenneth R. Slater.

Geographic range
L. slateri is found in Northern Territory and Southern Australia in central Australia.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of L. slateri are forest and shrubland.

Reproduction
L. slateri is viviparous.

Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Liopholis slateri slateri (Storr, 1968) – southern Northern Territory
 * Liopholis slateri virgata (Storr, 1968) – northern South Australia

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Liopholis.