Ctenotus robustus STORR, 1970
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Ctenotus robustus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Robust Ctenotus, Striped Skink |
| Synonym | Ctenotus robustus STORR 1970: 100 Ctenotus robustus — COGGER 1983: 151 Minervascincus josephinae WELLS & WELLINGTON 1984 Minervascincus harringtonensis WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34 Minervascincus robustus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 35 Minervascincus josephinae — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 35 Ctenotus harringtonensis — SHEA & SADLIER 1999: 62 (see comment) Ctenotus robustus — COGGER 2000: 439 Ctenotus harringtonensis — COUPER et al. 2006 Ctenotus robustus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
| Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: Barrow Creek, in 21° 31’ S, 133° 53’E, N. T. Rabosky et la. 2014 suspected that this locality may be in error. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMV D4957 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A very large member of the lesueurii group, usually with a very wide black vertebral stripe and 7 upper labials. Further distinguishable from C. inornatus by more numerous nuchals (usually 3 or 4 rather than 2 or 3) and third supraciliary usually not much smaller than second.” (Storr 1975: 217) Description: “Snout-vent length (mm): 39-123 (85.3). Length of appendages (% SVL): foreleg 22-31 (25.9), hindleg 38-47 (41.9), tail 148-223 (191). Nasals in short contact or narrowly separated. Prefrontals usually in contact (usually short), occasionally separated very narrowly. Supraoculars 4, first 3 in contact with frontal. Supraciliaries 8-11, mostly 10 (9.6), fourth to penultimate much smaller than others and often hidden by strong brow. Palpebrals 10-13 (11.5). Second loreal 1.2-2.1 (1.65) times as wide as high. Upper labials usually 7, occasionally 8 (7.1). Ear lobules 2-5 (3.9), usually obtuse or subacute in juveniles and subadults, and truncate in adults. Nuchals 2-5 (3.4). Midbody scale rows 28-36 (29.8). Lamellae under fourth toe 17-23 (20.2), each with a wide callus (narrower in juveniles). Dorsally and laterally brown. Broad black vertebral stripe, beginning narrowly on nape and ending on anterior quarter of tail, about as wide as a paravertebral scale, usually edged with white. White dorsolateral line from temples to ·distal quarter of tail. Upper lateral ,zone dark brown with one or two series of white dots or short dashes. Narrow white midlateral stripe from lores nearly to end of tail, sometimes broken on side of body into series of short dashes. Lower lateral zone brown, spotted with white.” (Storr 1975: 218) Diagnosis: in Rabosky et al. 2014. |
| Comment | Synonymy: after Glenn Shea, pers. comm. 4 Sep 2014. The status of Minervascincus harringtonensis is unclear. It may be a valid species but is possibly a synonym of Ctenotus robustus. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
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