Ctenotus dux STORR, 1969
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Ctenotus dux
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Fine Side-lined Ctenotus |
| Synonym | Ctenotus dux STORR 1969: 104 Ctenotus dux — COGGER 1983: 146 Ctenotus dux — COGGER 2000: 421 Ctenotus dux — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory,South Australia,Western Australia) Type locality: 5 mi NE of Dunges Table, in 28° 08’ S, 123° SYE, W. A. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R30002 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A moderately large member of the taeniolatus group with a total of about 20 white and brown dorsal and lateral stripes on a black ground (with growth, brown dorsal stripes spread laterally at expense of black ground so that dorsum of adults is better described as brown, striped with black). Further distinguishable from ariadnae by clearer-cut lateral pattern, especially anteriorly (where white midlateral and ventrolateral stripes extend forward nearly to ear), and from quattuordecimlineatus by narrower and more numerous white lateral lines (including one between midlateral and ventrolateral white stripes).” (Storr 1969) |
| Comment | Abundance: common, with more than 1000 specimens collected (Pianka 2011) Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
| Etymology | No etymology given in Storr 1969. |
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