Data from: Lerista karichigara sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from Australia's underexplored Gulf Plains Bioregion

Data from: Zozaya S.M., Vanderduys, E., Macor, S.A., Read, W.J. & Amey, A.P. (2025) Lerista karichigara sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphini), a new fossorial skink from Australia's underexplored Gulf Plains Bioregion. Zootaxa, 5613 (2): 262–278.Files include:(i) karichigara_raw_mophology.csv — Raw morphological data and geographic coordinates for the type series of Lerista karichigara.(ii) morphology_definitions.csv — Definitions for columns in karichigara_raw_mophology.csv.(iii) Lerista-karichigara_ND4.fasta — Sequence alignment in FASTA format, comprising 849 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), including 738 bp of the NADH dehydrogenase 4 (ND4) protein-coding gene and 111 bp of the 3'-end tRNA region. Note that 'N' was added to the first two sites to ensure the sequence is in the correct reading frame.(iv) Lerista-karichigara_ND4_partitions.txt — Partition file for Lerista-karichigara_ND4.fasta.(v) p-distances_wilkinsi-clade.csv — Pairwise sequence dissimilarity among the respective Lerista species, calculated from Lerista-karichigara_ND4.fasta.