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Ctenophorus salinarum (STORR, 1966)

IUCN Red List - Ctenophorus salinarum - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Saltpan Ground-dragon 
SynonymAmphibolurus pictus salinarum STORR 1966
Amphibolurus salinarum — COGGER 1983
Ctenophorus salinarum — COGGER 2000: 323
Ctenophorus salinarum — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Ctenophorus salinarum — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 69 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Noraeman, in 32° 10’ S, 121° 46’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R17649 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Distinguished from nominate pictus by its heterogeneous dorsal scales.


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CommentLifestyle: burrowing. 
EtymologyNamed after its occurrence near salt lakes “where they excavate their short burrows among samphire growing on marginal flats or on islets in the lakes themselve” (Storr 1966). 
References
  • Anonymous 1967. Type Specimens in the Western Australian Museum (Part 8). Annual Report, Western Australian Museum, 1966-67, Perth, pp. 59-60
  • Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - 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.
  • Doughty, P.; Maryan, B.; Melville, J. & Austin, J. 2007. A new species of Ctenophorus (Lacertlia: Agamidae) from Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. Herpetologica 63 (1): 72-86 - get paper here
  • Ellis, Ryan J. 2019. An annotated type catalogue of the dragon lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34: 115–132 - get paper here
  • Melville, Jane; Schulte, James A.; Larson, Allan 2001. A molecular phylogenetic study of ecological diversification in the Australian lizard genus Ctenophorus. Journal of Experimental Zoology: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 291(4): 339-353 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1966. The Amphibolurus reticulatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 49: 17-25
  • Storr, G. M., Hanlon, T. M. S. & Harold, G. 1981. Herpetofauna of the shores and hinterland of the Great Australian Bight, Western Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9: 23-39 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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