Ctenotus quirinus HORNER, 2007
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Arnhem Land Ctenotus |
Synonym | Ctenotus quirinus HORNER 2007 Ctenotus quirinus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Cadell river Crossing, Arnhemland, Northern Territory, Australia, 12°16.77’S, 134°25.45’E. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NTM R16145, adult female, collected by P. Horner, 0930 hours, 13 July 1989. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: a moderately small Ctenotus (SVl to 65 mm) distinguished from congeners by having three of four supraoculars in contact with frontal, two presuboculars, frontoparietals paired, laterally compressed toes with callose or smooth subdigital lamellae, prominent pale midlateral stripe, broad dorsal zone of ground colour, vertebral stripe absent or con ined to nape, dark laterodorsal stripe obscure or absent, 28 midbody scale rows, lateral pattern of longitudinal zones or stripes, dark upper and lower lateral zones strongly spotted or blotched [HORNER 2007] |
Comment | Habitat: open shrub habitat. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
Etymology | named for Quirinus, an important god of the roman state. |
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