Ctenophorus mirrityana MCLEAN, MOUSSALLI, SASS, STUART-FOX, 2013
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Ctenophorus mirrityana
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Barrier Range Dragon |
| Synonym | Ctenophorus mirrityana MCLEAN, MOUSSALLI, SASS, STUART-FOX 2013 Ctenophorus mirrityana — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 64 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales) Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Mootwingee [Historic Site, Mutawintji National Park], 31°17'S 142°18'E |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: AMS R47295 (Fig. 8 in McLean et al. 2013), an adult male, 20 January 1975, collector P. Rankin et al. (Office of Environment and Heritage). Paratypes. All specimens are from New South Wales. AMS R14661, Mootwingee Waterholes (31°19'S 142°19'E); AMS R45527–9, AMS R47294, AMS R47298, AMS R47335, AMS R61514, AMS R68792, AMS R125297, AMS R133122–3, AMS R145339, AMS R145341, AMS R145593, AMS R146252–3, AMS R149014, AMS R149021, AMS R149143, AMS R149146–7, AMS R151011–2, AMS R151014–7, AMS R151019–20, AMS R151733–5, AMS R153361, AMS R154857, AMS R154859, AMS R154863–4, AMS R154869–70, AMS R154872, AMS R154932–8, AMS R157300–7, AMS R157317–23, AMS R157325–8, AMS R157330–40, AMS R157342, AMS R157344, AMS R157346–9, SAM R5194A–B, SAM R14468A–B, SAM R31655, NMV D11511, NMV D11770, NMV D18019, NMV D40134–5, NMV D50516, NMV D56318–22, Mootwingee National Park (31°17'S 142°18'E), AMS R107358–67, 6 km S Mootwingee National Park (31°18'S 142°15'E), AMS R161707–8, Homestead Gorge, Mootwingee National Park (31°16'35"S 142°18'5"E), NMV D56323, Broken Hill (31°58'S 141°27'E), AMS R50540, Koonenberry Mountain (30°31'S 142°18'E), AMS R168437, “Belmont Station”, N Silverton (31°46'11"S 141°14'33"E). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the Ctenophorus decresii species complex (Houston & Hutchinson, 1998), C. mirrityana sp. nov. is a moderately sized, sexually dimorphic, rock-dwelling dragon lizard with a strongly compressed head and body (Fig. 7). Within the species complex, C. mirrityana sp. nov. is distinguishable by the following combination of characters: head relatively small for body size; snout scales keeled or weakly wrinkled; vertebral scales flat and pale in colour; black lateral stripe from tympanum to groin; thinner, non- continuous orange stripe within black lateral stripe; flanks lack tubercular scales; male throat coloration pale cream with parallel grey stripes and black central stripe sometimes overlain with orange flushes. |
| Comment | Conservation status: possibly threatened. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet mirrityana is a word meaning “out in the sunlight” in the local Aboriginal language (Paakantyi; Hercus, 1993), in reference to the conspicuousness of the species during hot weather. There are several rock engravings depicting lizards at Mutawintji National Park (McCarthy & Macintosh, 1962), some of which may represent this species given it’s prominence in the area. |
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