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Ctenotus vagus HORNER, 2009

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Uneven-striped Ctenotus 
SynonymCtenotus vagus HORNER 2009
Ctenotus vagus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (N Western Australia: N/SE Kimberley region)

Type locality: Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park, Western Australia, 17°19’00”S 128°27’00”E.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: WAM R103008, adult female. Collected by N. Gambold on 16 June 1989. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately small member (SVL to 43.9 mm) of the C. atlas species group, distinguished from congeners by having three of four supraoculars in contact with frontal, frontoparietals paired, eight supralabials, laterally compressed toes with callose or obtusely keeled subdigital lamellae, prominent pale mid-lateral stripe, dark ground colour with ten or more pale stripes on body, dark vertebral stripe, unpatterned dark upper lateral zone and poorly defined dorsal stripes.


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CommentLimb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) 
EtymologyFrom the Latin adjective vâgus, meaning inconstant, unsteady or vague; in reference to the condition of this taxon’s pale dorsal and laterodorsal stripes which, in relation to adjacent pale paravertebral and dorsolateral stripes, are poorly defined. 
References
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Horner, P. 2009. Three new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with comments on the status of Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 25 (2): 181-199 - 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
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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