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Ctenotus kurnbudj SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE, 1986

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kurnbudj Ctenotus 
SynonymCtenotus kurnbudj SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE 1986
Ctenotus kurnbudj — COGGER 2000: 430
Ctenotus kurnbudj — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory)

Type locality: 16 km W Kapalga on Arnhem Hwy, NT  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANWC R3461, collected J. Wombey, 25.x.1980. Paratypes: AMS (AM). 
Diagnosis 
CommentHabitat: The skink occurs in woodland and open forest, some of which are inundated in the wet season (Sadlier et al., 1985).

Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
Etymology'Kurnbudj' is the name of the language group of the Aboriginal people who once occupied the area bordered by the upper reaches of the West Alligator River in the north, and lying between the South Alligator and middle reaches of the Wildman River in the south (Toohey 1981). The known distribution of C. kurnbudj occurs within this 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.
 
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