Ctenotus pantherinus (PETERS, 1866)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Ctenotus pantherinus acripes STORR 1975 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer STORR 1969 Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus (PETERS 1866)
Common Names	Leopard Ctenotus
Synonym	Lygosoma (Hinulia) pantherinum PETERS 1866: 89 Egernia whitei carnarae KINGHORN 1931 Lygosoma (Hinulia) breviunguis KINGHORN 1932 Ctenotus pantherinus — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenotus pantherinus acripes STORR 1975 Magnuscincus acripes — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus acripes — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus pantherinus acripes — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970: 99 Magnuscincus calx — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus calx — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus pantherinus calx — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer STORR 1969 Lygosoma ocellatum BOULENGER 1896: 233 (non Mocoa ocellata GARY 1845) Lygosoma ocelliferum BOULENGER 1896 (nom. nov. pro L. ocellatum) Lygosoma ocelliferum BOULENGER 1896: 342 Lygosoma (Hinulia) ocelliferum — STERNFELD 1925: 246 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) ocelliferum — SMITH 1937: 220 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) ocelliferum — GLAUERT 1960 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer — STORR 1970: 98 Magnuscincus ocellifer — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer — STORR et al. 1999
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales?, North Territory, Queensland, South Australia, West Australia) acripes: arid Nw Queensland and Barrow Island, West Australia. calx: N Australia from the Kimberleys to NW Queensland. ocellifer: remainder of range. pantherinus: SW West Australia; Type locality: “Swan River (Australien)” [= Western Australia]. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 5379
Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Abundance: quite common, with more than 400 specimens collected (Pianka 2011)
References	Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp. Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Descriptions of four new lizards from Roebuck Bay, N. W. Australia obtained by Dr. Dahl for the Christiania Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18: 232—235 - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. 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 Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 2. The genus Lygosoma. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (4): 81-99 Goodyear, Stephen E. and Eric R. Pianka 2011. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Diets of Sympatric Lizards (Genus Ctenotus) in the Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 45 (3): 265-271. - get paper here Peters. WILHELM C. H. 1866. Mittheilung über neue Amphibien (Amphibolurus, Lygosoma, Cyclodus, Masticophis, Crotaphopeltis) und Fische (Diagramma, Hapalogenys) des Kgl. Zoologischen Museums. Monatsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1866: 86-96. - get paper here Punzo, Fred & Sonia Madragon 2002. Spatial learning in Australian skinks of the genus Ctenotus (Scincidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 23 (2): 233-238 - get paper here Reeder, T.W. 2003. A phylogeny of the Australian Sphenomorphus group (Scincidae: Squamata) and the phylogenetic placement of the crocodile skinks (Tribolonotus): Bayesian approaches to assessing congruence and obtaining confidence in maximum likelihood inferred relatio Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 384–397 - get paper here Smith,M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Storr G M 1969. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Eastern Division of Western Australia. J. Proc. Roy. Soc. West. Australia 51: 97-109 Storr G M 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. J. Proc. Roy. Soc. West. Australia 52: 97-108 Storr G M 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) of Queensland. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 6 (3): 319-332 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1974. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 56: 86-93 [1973] 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.; 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	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/pantherinus Google images

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