Ctenotus arcanus CZECHURA & WOMBEY, 1982

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Arcane Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus arcanus CZECHURA & WOMBEY 1982 Minervascincus arcanus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 34 Ctenotus arcanus — COGGER 2000: 413 Ctenotus arcanus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) Type locality: Coonoon Gibber Creek, Conondale Range, Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: QM J36925, (D Milton, ix-x.1978)
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	“The name is taken from the Latin arcanus, meaning hidden. This refers to the long confusion of this taxon with C. robustus and C. taeniolatus” (Czechura & Wombey, 1982). (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. J.; Amey, A. P.; Kutt, A. S. 2002. A new species of Ctenotus (Scincidae) from central Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1):85-92 - get paper here 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 Czechura G V; Wombey J 1982. Three new striped skinks, (Ctenotus, Lacertilia, Scinidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (3): 639-645 - get paper here Murphy, Michael J. 1998. First record of the scincid lizard Ctenotus arcanus from New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28 (1): 22-24. 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. 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 file:////Users/uetz/lab/grants/NSF reptile database/figures from Shai… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/arcanus Google images

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