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Ctenophorus kartiwarru EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON, 2023

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Red-backed Sand Dragon 
SynonymCtenophorus kartiwarru EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023
Ctenophorus fordi Clade 3 — EDWARDS et al. 2015 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, extending to SW Queensland and adjacent NW New South Wales)

Type locality: Frome Downs Station, 1.3 km NE of Lucky Hit Bore, South Australia, -31.41668, 140.05008  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SAMA 49255, adult male, S. Milne, 4 September 1996.
Paratypes. See Supplementary Data in Edwards & Hutchinson 2023. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Slender, long-legged species with sandy-red back and prominent light dorsolateral stripes overlying a series of blackish lateral blotches. Male with weak or no throat markings and a small but well-defined chest patch often narrowly divided medially (Figs. 6C–D, 8C–D, S8C, S9G, K). Femoral pores reach halfway to knee. (Edwards & Hutchinson 2023) 
CommentDistribution: see map in EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023: 177 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyNamed after a word from the Dieri language of northeastern SA, “Kartiwarru”, used as a noun in apposition and is used to describe ‘‘a red-backed lizard, about 3 inches long’’ that is not food (Dieri Aboriginal Corporation, 2022). Dieri language is spoken by First Nations peoples where this lizard species is found (Lester et al., 2022). 
References
  • Edwards, D., & Hutchinson, M. 2023. Sand Dragons: Species of the Ctenophorus maculatus Complex (Squamata: Agamidae) of Australia's Southern and Western Interior. Journal of Herpetology 57 (2): 176-196 - get paper here
 
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