Ctenotus superciliaris RABOSKY, HUTCHINSON, DONNELLAN, TALABA & LOVETTE, 2014

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Sharp-browed Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus superciliaris RABOSKY, HUTCHINSON, DONNELLAN, TALABA & LOVETTE 2014
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Dunmara, NT (16°410 S, 133°250 E).
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: SAMA R36246, an adult male from Dunmara, NT (16°410 S, 133°250 E). Specimen collected in 1986 by B. Miller.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately large member of the C. inornatus group. Distinguished from all other species in the C. inornatus group by having only the first and second supraciliary scales much larger than the remaining supraciliaries. Due to the acuteness of the brow and the small size of the third supraciliary, only the first and second supraciliaries are readily visible. The species is further distinguished from C. spaldingii and C. robustus by the condition of the white subocular stripe: in C. supercilaris sp. nov., the stripe is either not present or fails to extend posteriorly past the eye. In C. spaldingii and C. robustus, the subocular stripe is prominent and generally extends posteriorly to the tympanum. Where sympatric with C. inornatus, C. superciliaris sp. nov. is often characterized by bold lateral and dorsal pattern elements, including prominent vertebral and dorsolateral stripes, although dorsal color pattern is generally a poor indicator of species status in this group of lizards. The species is distinguished from C. mastigura by the presence of four supraocular scales (three in C. mastigura).
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Apparently named after the supraciliary scales. No etymology is given for this species in the original description, but the species is diagnosed by having only the first and second supraciliary scales much largerthan the remaining supraciliaries. Due to the acuteness of the brow and the small size of the third supraciliary, only the first and second supraciliaries are readily visible.
References	Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384 Prates, I., Hutchinson, M. N., Singhal, S., Moritz, C., & Rabosky, D. L. 2023. Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–25 Rabosky DL, Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, Talaba AL, Lovette IJ 2014. Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 71-82; doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.026 - get paper here Singhal, Sonal; Huateng Huang, Maggie R. Grundler, María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira, Iris Holmes, Pascal O. Title, Stephen C. Donnellan, and Daniel L. Rabosky 2018. Does Population Structure Predict the Rate of Speciation? A Comparative Test across Australia’s Most Diverse Vertebrate Radiation. The American Naturalist - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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