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Ctenotus rufescens STORR, 1979

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Rufous Finesnout Ctenotus 
SynonymCtenotus colletti rufescens STORR 1979: 137
Ctenotus colletti rufescens — COGGER 1983
Ctenotus rufescens — STORR 1990
Ctenotus colletti rufescens — COGGER 2000: 420
Ctenotus rufescens — COGGER 2000: 753
Ctenotus rufescens — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: Exmouth Gulf region)

Type locality: 3 km E of Giralia, in 22° 41’ S, 114° 23’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R61152 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Differing from C. c. colletti and C. c. nasutus by its longer appendages, the upper lateral zone splitting into two dark stripes on temples, and the foreback suffused in life with red. It agrees with C. c. colletti in dorsal pattern but, like C. c. nasutus, it has contiguous prefrontals and fewer midbody scale rows. (Storr 1979)


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CommentLimb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyFrom the Latin rufus (red) plus the suffix -escens (becoming), referring to the coloration. (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
  • 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 192 (4): 432-447 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1979. Five new lizards from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (1): 134-142 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1990. The Ctenotus colletti complex (Lacertilia: Scincidae), including a new species from the Pilbara. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 14 (4): 623-626 - 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.
 
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