Ctenotus kutjupa HUTCHINSON, PRATES & RABOSKY, 2022
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Ctenotus kutjupa
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ctenotus kutjupa HUTCHINSON, PRATES & RABOSKY in PRATES et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia). Type locality: 5.3 km SSE of the Pungkulpirri Waterhole, Western Australia, Australia (24° 42’ 26” S, 128° 45’ 37” E). |
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| Types | Holotype: WAM R166437 (GenBank accession KJ506010; Sequence Read Archive accession SRX2727531), collected by S. C. Donnellan, P. Doughty, and M. Hutchinson on 22 September 2006. Paratypes: SAMA R18215, 40 km SSW of Wyola Lake, SA, 29° 30’ 00” S, 130° 08’ 00” E; R36119, 1 km down Giles Rd, Yulara Townsite, NT, 25° 14’ 00” S, 131° 12’ 00” E; R46128–29, 27 km NE of Pipalyatjara, SA, 26° 02’ 58” S, 129° 24’ 39” E; R48782, 6.6 km WNW of Mt Lindsay (Wataru), SA, 27° 03’ 39” S, 129° 49’ 45” E; R51751, Anne Beadell Highway, 11.2 km E Vokes Hill Corner, SA, 28° 33’ 42” S, 130° 47’ 40” E; SAMA R62233, from the Anne Beadell Highway, 300 m E of the WA-SA border, SA, 28° 30’ 28” S, 129° 00’ 17” E; R62176 (GenBank accession KJ505036), 3 km SE Mt Ant, WA, 24° 46’ 57” S, 128° 46’ 44” E; R62312–13, Anne Beadell Highway, 26.3 km E of the WA-SA border, SA, 28° 30’ 24” S, 129° 15’ 43” E. NTM R14234, Amata Rd (site 5), Uluru National Park, NT, 25° 20’ 00” S, 130° 47’ 00” E; R17505–10, Uluru National Park, NT, 25° 15’ 00” S, 131° 00’ 00” E; R32339, Petermann Ranges, NT, 25° 01’ 00” S, 129° 23’ 00” E; R36149, SE of Reedy Rockhole, Kings Canyon, NT, 24° 15’ 00” S, 131° 34’ 00” E. WAM R51077, 22 km NE White Cliffs HS, 28° 20’ 00” S, 123° 06’ 00” E; R53490, Red Hill, 92 km E of Laverton, 28° 18’ 00” S, 123° 11’ 00” E; R85273, 85297, 4 km ESE of Big Shot Bore, 28° 24’ 00” S, 123° 04’ 00” E; R147767, 7–8 km WNW Point Salvation, 28° 12’ 00” S, 123° 35’ 00” E; R155723, 7–8 km WNW Point Salvation, 28° 14’ 00” S, 123°36’ 00” E; R163450, Neale Junction, 28° 18’ 09” S, 126° 17’ 57” E; R164231 (GenBank accession OM966792), Mina Mina, Clutterbuck Hills, Gibson Desert, 24° 31’ 01” S, 126° 12’ 46” E; R164237 (GenBank accession OM966793), Mina Mina, Clutterbuck Hills, Gibson Desert, 24° 31’ 06” S, 126° 13’ 12” E; R175023, Beyondie Lakes, Little Sandy Desert, 24° 43’ 44” S, 120° 17’ 46” E. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small species of Ctenotus, characterized by the unique combination of sharp-edged and spinose subdigital lamellae, a presubocular scale between the lower preocular and the subocular supralabial, and prefrontal and nasal head shields usually in medial contact. The color pattern typically includes seven narrow dark dorsal stripes, including a vertebral stripe that becomes more prominent on the (unbroken) tail and runs almost the full length of the tail in most individuals. The new species is further characterized by the combination of a dark upper lateral zone with a single series of large pale spots with an ascending series of black and whitish blotches that curve dorsally behind the eye. (HUTCHINSON et al. 2022) |
| Comment | The discovery of specimens of C. kutjupa among collections of C. schomburgkii leads to no significant change to the current diagnosis of the latter taxon. The only new morphological feature introduced is the patterning around the facial region, with a strong white labial stripe and dark posterior orbital margin in C. schomburgkii, compared to the pale postocular crescent and pale and dark postocular patches of C. kutjupa. The seven dark dorsal lines and strongly contacting nasals and prefrontals that differentiate C. kutjupa from C. schomburgkii would have done so even based on the original definition of C. schomburgkii by Storr (Storr 1969, 1970). |
| Etymology | The word kutjupa, meaning “the other one” or “another one” in its noun form, makes reference to the discovery of the new species among collections of C. schomburgkii. This word, shared by several Western Desert languages (e.g., Maralinga Tjarutja, Yankunytjatjara, Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra), acknowledges that this lizard belongs to the country where these languages are spoken. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition to the genus. |
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