Ctenotus kurnbudj SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE, 1986

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kurnbudj Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus kurnbudj SADLIER, WOMBEY & BRAITHWAITE 1986 Ctenotus kurnbudj — COGGER 2000: 430 Ctenotus kurnbudj — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: 16 km W Kapalga on Arnhem Hwy, NT
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ANWC R3461, collected J. Wombey, 25.x.1980. Paratypes: AMS (AM).
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/kurnbudj https://zoobank.org/A60F9BDB-0363-41A2-A9B9-CE7F6E964B56 https://zoobank.org/3CE0C841-1864-4B05-9D1F-FEB5E193939F Google images

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