Ctenotus brevipes STORR, 1981
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Ctenotus brevipes
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Short-footed Ctenotus |
| Synonym | Ctenotus essingtonii brevipes STORR 1981: 130 Minervascincus brevipes — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34 Ctenotus brevipes — HORNER 2007 Ctenotus brevipes — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Blackbull, Queensland, Australia, 17°48’S, 141°44’E [HORNER 2007] Venture Creek, 62 km E of Croyden, in 18° 13’ S, 142'49’ E, Qld [according to other sources, COGGER 1983 ?]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: QM J39469 (formerly AM R63611), unsexed, 3 July 1977, collected by A. and P. Greer (see Shea and Sadlier 1999, for type locality correction). ParaTypes (4 specimens) – Queensland: AM R63334, Croydon, 18°12’S, 142°15’e; aMr26904, Hann river, Kennedy road, 15°11’S, 143°51’e; aMr63610, Blackbull, 17°48’S, 141°44’e; aMr70939, Muldiva, 17°21’S, 144°35’E. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: a moderately small Ctenotus (SVl to 60 mm) distinguished from congeners by having three of four supraoculars in contact with frontal, two presuboculars, frontoparietals paired, laterally compressed toes with smooth or callose subdigital lamellae, prominent pale midlateral stripe, broad dorsal zone of ground colour, vertebral stripe absent or con ined to nape, dark laterodorsal stripe obscure or absent, 24 midbody scale rows, lateral pattern of longitudinal stripes, dark upper lateral zone usually unspotted [from HORNER 2007]. Additional details (1952 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
| Etymology | Named after its short [Latin: brevis] feet [Latin: pes]. |
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