Ctenotus zebrilla STORR, 1981

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Cape York Fine-snout, Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus zebrilla STORR 1981: 136 Ctenotus zebrilla — COGGER 2000: 450 Ctenotus zebrilla — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Venture Creek, 62 km E of Croyden, in 18° 13’ S, 142° 49’ E, Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J39471 (formerly AMS R63316), collected A. Greer & P. Greer, 24.vi.1977.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “A member of the C. colletti group with 8 white stripes on a black ground. Agreeing with C. striaticeps Storr of north-west Queensland in having widely separated prefrontals but differing in failure of paravertebral stripe to extend on to head, presence of dorsal stripe, absence of ventrolateral stripe, fewer subdigitallamellae, and more numerous but smaller ear lobules.” (Storr 1981)
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Neo-Latin for 'little zebra', in allusion to its black and white stripes.
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., 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 1981. Ten new Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (2): 125-146 - get paper here 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/zebrilla https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Dipsas%20indica Google images

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