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Ctenophorus tjakalpa EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON, 2023

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCtenophorus tjakalpa EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023
Ctenophorus fordi Clade 1 — EDWARDS et al. 2015 
DistributionAustralia (Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia and South Australia)

Type locality: 14.6 km NNE Chinbingina, -32.11288, 134.29118  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. SAMA 61319, adult male, D. Armstrong and M. Hutchinson, 8 December 2005.
Paratypes. See Supplementary Data in Edwards & Hutchinson 2023. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. 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) 
CommentDistribution: see map in EDWARDS & HUTCHINSON 2023: 177 (Fig. 1) 
References
  • Edwards, D., & Hutchinson, M. 2023. Sand Dragons: Species of the Ctenophorus maculatus Complex (Squamata: Agamidae) of Australia's Southern and Western Interior. Journal of Herpetology 57 (2): 176-196 - get paper here
 
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