Ctenotus vagus HORNER, 2009
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Uneven-striped Ctenotus |
Synonym | Ctenotus vagus HORNER 2009 Ctenotus vagus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (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 | |
Types | Holotype: WAM R103008, adult female. Collected by N. Gambold on 16 June 1989. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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. Additional details (2385 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
Etymology | From 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. |
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