Ctenotus uber STORR, 1969

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Ctenotus uber johnstonei STORR 1980 Ctenotus uber uber STORR 1969
Common Names	E: Spotted Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus uber STORR 1969 Ctenotus uber — COGGER 2000: 449 Ctenotus uber — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenotus uber — COGGER 2014: 527 Ctenotus uber johnstonei STORR 1980 Ctenotus uber johnstonei — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus uber johnstonei — COGGER 2014: 528
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia) uber: Western Australia johnstonei: NE Western Australia, Northern Territory
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R17654; Paratype AMS (AM) R90488 23 mi. S Yalgoo, WA (J.R. Ford, 22.xii.1965). Formerly WAM R26439; locality given as Gnows Nest by Storr. Holotype: WAM R63277, collected by Messrs L.A. Smith and R.E. Johnstone on 21 April 1979 [johnstonei]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A member of the leonhardii group, distinguishable from mimetes by presence of pale spots in dark laterodorsal stripe and absence of pale midlateral stripe (Storr 1974: 89). Additional details (1126 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	See also Ctenotus schomburgkii. HUTCHINSON & DONELLAN (1999) elevated Ctenotus uber orientalis to full species status. According to these authors, STORR’s type series of uber orientalis is composite, containing orientalis, olympicus, and septenarius. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	From the Latin uber (rich) in reference to the numerous coin-like spots on the side. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. 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 Greenbaum, E. 2000. Herpetofaunal observations in disparate habitats in south Sustralia, New South Wales, and queensland, Australia. Herpetological Bulletin (72): 6-16 - get paper here Henle, Klaus 1996. Herpetological observations in Sturt National Park, northwestern New South Wales, with a comment on Ctenotus uber and C. astarte. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26 (1): 12-25 Hutchinson,M.N. & DONNELLAN,S.C. 1999. Genetic variation and taxonomy of the lizards assigned to Ctenotus uber orientalis STORR (Squamata: Scincidae) with description of a new species. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 32 (2): 173-189 - get paper here King M; Horner P; Fyfe G 1988. A new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from central Australia, and a key to the Ctenotus leonhardii species group. The Beagle 5 (1) : 147-153 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 Storr G M 1969. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Eastern Division of Western Australia. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 51: 97-109 - get paper here Storr G M 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969] - get paper here Storr G M 1980. A new Lerista and two new Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (3): 441-447 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1974. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 56: 86-93 [1973] Storr, G. M. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 209-243 - get paper here Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/lizards/images/uberfrlive1.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/uber Google images

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