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Ctenotus capricorni STORR, 1981

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Capricorn Ctenotus 
SynonymCtenotus capricorni STORR 1981: 133
Minervascincus capricorni — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34
Ctenotus capricorni — COGGER 2000: 418
Ctenotus capricorni — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: 33 krn W of Jericho, in 23° 34’ S, 145° 48’ E, Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: QM J39470 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “A moderately small Ctenotus with coloration as in C. leonhardii group, e.g. vertebral stripe narrow or absent and upper lateral zone enclosing rows of pale dots, but with wide subdigital calli and wide second supraocular as in C. lesueurii group. Further distinguishable from C. monticola by more numerous midbody scale rows, subdigital lamellae and ear lobules but fewer nuchals.” (Storr 1981)


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CommentLimb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyNamed after Latin for 'of Capricorn', in allusion to its known range being close to that Tropic.
 
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.
  • 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
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1981. Ten new Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (2): 125-146 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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