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Ctenotus terrareginae INGRAM & CZECHURA, 1990

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hinchinbrook Ctenotus 
SynonymCtenotus terrareginae INGRAM & CZECHURA 1990: 408
Ctenotus terrareginae — COGGER 2000: 753
Ctenotus terrareginae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (NE Queensland, and offshore Hinchinbrook Island)

Type locality: Warrawilla Ck, Hinchinbrook Is,(18°22'S146°15'E), NEQ.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J41996, collected by D.Milton on 14 July, 1983. 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: A large (SV 91) Ctenotus with a pattern of stripes and an upper lateral zone of white blotching on black; supralabials 7; subdigital lamellae widely calloused, 28 on fourth toe; four supraoculars; 3 ear lobules; and 28 midbody scales. For an illustration of the species see Wilson and Knowles (1988, p.278, photo no. 426). (INGRAM & CZECHURA 1990)


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CommentLimb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyFrom the Latin terra (land) plus reginae (of the queen), meaning Queensland, where the type locality is located. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Conroy, S. 1999. Lizard Assemblage Response to a Forest Ecotone in Northeastern Australia: A Synecological Approach Journal of Herpetology 33 (3): 409-419. - get paper here
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Ingram G J; Czechura G V 1990. Four new species of striped skinks from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (3): 407-410 - get paper here
  • Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist 192 (4): 432-447 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Zozaya, S.M., Case, D.W. & Hoskin, C.J. 2024. Ctenotus rungulla sp. nov. (Scincidae; Sphenomorphinae), a new sandstone-associated skink that highlights reptile endemism in Queensland's Gregory Range. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 67: 1–16 - get paper here
 
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