Ctenophorus tjakalpa EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON, 2023
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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 |
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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) |
Comment | Distribution: see map in EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023: 177 (Fig. 1) |
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