Ctenotus ehmanni STORR, 1985

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Brown-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus ehmanni STORR 1985 Ctenotus ehmanni — COGGER 2000: 422 Ctenotus ehmanni — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: 10 km WNW of Mt Elizabeth HS (Old). Western Australia. at 16°16'S. 126° 08'E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R83444
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A small brown-tailed member of the Ctenotus colletti group. agreeing with C colletti in having the upper of two ear lobules very large and obtuse, but differing in having an upper lateral series of white spots, more numerous midbody scale rows (28-32, v. 22-27) and shorter tail (124-146%, of SVL, v. 162-244).
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	After Mr Harry Ehmann of Sydney Technical College in appreciation of the splendid collection of Kimberley reptiles and frogs he donated to the Western Australian Museum.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 1985. Two new skinks (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 12 (2): 193-196 - get paper here Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/ehmanni http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Diplodactylus… http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collections/natscience/vertebrates/documents… Google images

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