Ctenophorus tuniluki EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON, 2023
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Southern Mallee Dragon |
Synonym | Ctenophorus tuniluki EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023 Ctenophorus fordi Clade 5 — EDWARDS et al. 2015 |
Distribution | Australia (Semiarid SE inland South Australia, NW Victoria) Type locality: Mootatunga, N Edge of Peebinga Cons Pk, -34.95838, 140.83338. |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype. SAMA R45222, adult male, M. Hutchinson and G. Armstrong, 15 January 1995. Paratypes.—See Supplementary Data. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Dorsal pattern variable from gray-brown and heavily patterned (like C. ibiri) to sandy and more-lightly marked (like C. spinodomus). Males with characteristic, small-spotted throat pattern (Figs. 7G–H, 8G–H, S8A, S8F, S9I–J). Femoral pore row reaches halfway to knee. (Edwards & Hutchinson 2023) Additional details (1807 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 Ngarrindjeri language of the lower Murray River (Lester et al., 2022), combining tuni, translated to mean sand, and luki, translated to mean lizard (Taplin, 1879). The epithet should be treated as a noun in apposition. |
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