Ctenotus youngsoni STORR, 1975

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Shark Bay South-west Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus youngsoni STORR 1975: 227 Ctenotus youngsoni — COGGER 1983: 155 Ctenotus youngsoni — COGGER 2000: 450 Ctenotus youngsoni — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Dirk Hartog Is., in 25° 50’ S, 113° 05’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R42363
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A large dark member of the C. labillardieri group with unbroken pale dorsolateral line; legs dark olive brown with or without blackish flecks or spots. Further distinguishable from C. lancelini by more numerous midbody scale rows (28-30, vs 24) (Storr 1978: 309).
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Named after William Kenneth Youngson, an Australian zoologist.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 KAY, GEOFFREY M. & J. SCOTT KEOGH 2012. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot. Zootaxa 3390: 1–18 - 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 Storr G M 1978. Taxonomic notes on the reptiles of the Shark Bay region, Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (3): 303-318 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 209-243 - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/youngsoni http://zoobank.org/AAE7F2F6-8082-4FEA-AE59-BC0901FE9211 https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Dipsas%20georgejetti Google images

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