Ctenotus mastigura STORR, 1975

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Whiptail Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus mastigura mastigura STORR 1975: 228 Ctenotus mastigura — COGGER 1983: 149 Minervascincus mastigura — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 35 Ctenotus mastigura — COGGER 2000: 434 Ctenotus mastigura — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: N Kimberleys) Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, in 14° 52’ S, 125° 50’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R43210
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “A member of the essingtonii group with only three supraoculars, smooth subdigital lamellae, and well-defined vertebral stripe. Both subspecies of C. mastigura distinguishable from C. essingtonii of Northern Territory by more numerous ear lobules (first never largest) and more numerous midbody scale rows.” (Storr 1975: 228)
Comment	Ctenotus mastigura burbidgei STORR 1975 has been elevated to species level. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	From the Greek mastix (a whip) plus oura (tail), in reference to the long slender tail. (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., 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 Prates, I., Hutchinson, M. N., Singhal, S., Moritz, C., & Rabosky, D. L. 2023. Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–25 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. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 209-243 - get paper here 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 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/mastigura http://www.scielo.org.ar/pdf/cherp/v19n2/v19n2a02.pdf Google images

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