Ctenophorus tjakalpa EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON, 2023
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Ctenophorus tjakalpa
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Ctenophorus tjakalpa EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023 Ctenophorus fordi Clade 1 — EDWARDS et al. 2015 |
| Distribution | Australia (Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia and South Australia) Type locality: 14.6 km NNE Chinbingina, -32.11288, 134.29118 |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SAMA 61319, adult male, D. Armstrong and M. Hutchinson, 8 December 2005. Paratypes. See Supplementary Data in Edwards & Hutchinson 2023. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Slender, long-legged and tailed species, with sandy orange dorsal color, and narrow but continuous light dorsolateral stripes overlying a dorsolateral region with darker markings varying from weak blackish blotches to irregular black marbling. Male throat markings very variable, from a strong black patch or partial chevron to absent. Male black chest patch well developed but relatively narrow, continuous with a black stripe on upper arm (Figs. 6E–F, 8E–F, S8D, S9E–F, L). Femoral pore row reaches halfway to knee. (Edwards & Hutchinson 2023) Additional details (2362 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023: 177 (Fig. 1) |
| Etymology | Named after the name tjakalpa, used by the Maralinga Tjarutja people of the southern Great Victoria Desert for the small dragons that occur in sand dune country (Backhouse, pers. comm.), the epithet so formed being a noun in apposition. |
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