Ctenotus gagudju SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE, 1986

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Magela Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus gagudju SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE 1986 Ctenotus gagudju — COGGER 2000: 425 Ctenotus gagudju — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Georgetown Billabong on Magela Creek drainage system, NT
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMS (AM) R97517
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	'Gagudju' is the name of the language group of the Aboriginal people who traditionally inhabited the northern half of the area between the South Alligator and East Alligator Rivers (Toohey 1981). The known distribution of C. gagudju occurs within this area, most of which is now included in the recently declared Kakadu National Park. 'Kadkadu', a corruption of 'gagudju', is the name recorded by Spencer (1914) for those Aboriginals, whose descendants still live in the area (Sadlier et al., 1986). (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 King M; Horner P; Fyfe G 1988. A new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from central Australia, and a key to the Ctenotus leonhardii species group. The Beagle 5 (1) : 147-153 Sadlier R; Wombey J C; Braithwaite R W 1985. Ctenotus kurnbudj and Ctenotus gagudju, two new lizards (Scincidae) from the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory. The Beagle 2 (1): 95-103 Shea, Glenn M; Sadlier, Ross A 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. TECHNICAL REPORTS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 15, 1999: 1-91 - 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 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/gagudju Google images

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