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Ctenotus taeniatus (MITCHELL, 1949)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eyrean Ctenotus 
SynonymLygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taeniata MITCHELL 1949
Ctenotus taeniatus — STORR 1970
Ctenotus brooksi aranda STORR 1970: 108
Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus — STORR 1971: 14
Ctenotus brooksi iridis STORR 1981: 144
Ctenotus taeniata — STORR 1999
Ctenotus aranda — STORR et al. 1999
Ctenotus iridis — STORR et al. 1999
Ctenotus brooksi taeniatus — COGGER 2000: 418
Ctenotus brooksi aranda — COGGER 2000: 417
Ctenotus brooksi iridis — COGGER 2000: 418
Ctenotus taeniatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 222
Ctenotus taeniatus — COGGER 2014: 525 
DistributionAustralia (Lake Torrens basin; NE New South Wales, SE Northern Territory, SW Queensland, NE South Australia, NW Victoria)

Type locality: Andamooka Ranges, immediately W of Lake Torrens, S. A.

aranda: Simpson desert south to Lake Eyre basin. Type locality: Ringwood, in 24° 21’ S, 135° 05’ E, N. T.

iridis: W Victoria and adjacent parts of South Australia. Type locality: from 6.6 km ENE of Chinaman Well, Vic.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R2803 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Ctenotus brooksi aranda and Ctenotus brooksi iridis were synonymized with C. taeniatus by Hutchinson et al. 2006.

Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014). 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin taenia (ribbon) plus the suffix -atus (made of), referring to the color pattern. (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.
  • Couper, P. J.; Amey, A. P.; Kutt, A. S. 2002. A new species of Ctenotus (Scincidae) from central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1):85-92 - 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
  • Hutchinson,M.N.; Adams, M. & Fricker, S. 2006. Genetic variation and taxonomy of the Ctenotus brooksi species complex (Squamata: Scincidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (including Records of the South Australian Museum) 130 (1): 48-65 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1933. New scincid lizards of the genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona and Lygosoma from Australia. Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 8: 95-100
  • Mitchell, F. J. 1949. A new species of Lygosoma (Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) taeniata sp. nov.). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 180 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 1972. Zoogeography and speciation of Australian desert lizards: an ecological perspective. Copeia 1972 (1): 127-144 - get paper here
  • Prates, I., Singhal, S., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M. R., Grundler, M. R., Moritz, C., Donnellan, S., & Rabosky, D. 2021. Genetic and Ecogeographic Controls on Species Cohesion in Australia’s Most Diverse Lizard Radiation. American Naturalist 199 (2): E57-E75 - 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 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1969. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Eastern Division of Western Australia. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 51: 97-109 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969] - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) of Queensland. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (3): 319-332 - 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
  • Storr, G. M. 1971. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in South Australia. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 16 (6): 1-15 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1974. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 56: 86-93 [1973]
  • Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp.
  • Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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