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Ctenotus schomburgkii (PETERS, 1863)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus 
SynonymLygosoma schomburgkii PETERS 1863: 231
Hinulia muelleri FISCHER 1882
Lygosoma fischeri BOULENGER 1887 (nom. nov. pro Hinulia muelleri)
Lygosoma fisheri [sic] — STIRLING & ZIETZ 1893: 172
Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) fischeri — SMITH 1937: 220
Ctenotus schomburgkii — STORR 1969
Ctenotus schomburgkii — COGGER 1983: 152
Ctenotus schomburgkii — COGGER 2000: 442
Ctenotus schomburgkii — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)

Type locality: Loos, 4. 5 km W Gawler (as Buchsfelde), S. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 4713a (larger of two specimens under this number), Buchsfelde, SA, collected R. Schomburgk, designated by STORR 1971 (but see Peterson & Shea, 1987, who argue that this specimen was not part of the type series, in not agreeing with the type description).
Syntypes: SMNS 2253 (rediscovered by A. Kupfer, pers. comm., 17 March 2019), ZMB 10073 (not found), from Nickol Bay, W. A. [Hinulia muelleri] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A member of the schomburkgii group, distinguishable from C. brooksi euclae by its dark dorsal colouration and two presuboculars (Storr 1974: 92).


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CommentSynonymy mainly after COGGER 1983.

The syntype series of Lygosoma schomburgkii is mixed and contains also Ctenotus uber orientalis (PETERSON & SHEA 1987, HUTCHINSON & DONELLAN 1999). Hinulia muelleri Fischer 1882, a junior secondary homonym of Scincus mulleri Schlegel 1837 at the time BOULENGER renamed it.

Abundance: not uncommon, with more than 200 specimens collected (Pianka 2011)

Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyNamed after Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811-1891), who was working as a gardener at the Palace of Sans Souci (1840) when he had the opportunity to accompany his more famous brother. 
References
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