Ctenotus colletti (BOULENGER, 1896)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Collett’s Skink, Buff-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus |
Synonym | Lygosoma colletti BOULENGER 1896: 234 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) colletti — GLAUERT 1960 Ctenotus colletti colletti — STORR 1975: 240 Ctenotus colletti — COGGER 1983: 145 Ctenotus colletti — COGGER 2000: 420 Ctenotus colletti — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory,Western Australia) Type locality: Roebuck Bay, W. A. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMUO (also as UZMO, Oslo) K2008 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A small brown-tailed member of the colletti group with 12 pale stripes on a dark ground. Further distinguishable from C. calurus by absence of enlarged plantars and of black markings under toes and tail.” (Storr 1975: 240). Description: “Snout-vent length (mm): 33-42 (37.1). Length of appendages (% SVL): foreleg 24-27, hindleg 40-45, tail 162-213. Nasals forming median suture. Prefrontals separated. Supraoculars 4, first 3 in contact with frontal. Supraciliaries 6. Palpebrals 9-10. Second loreal 1.3-1.6 times a"s wide as high. Upper labials 7. Ear lobules 2, first much the larger and very obtuse. Nuchals 3 or 4. Midbody scale rows 26-27. Lamellae under fourth toe 24-25, each with a fine weak keel. Back and sides dark brown with -following brownish white stripes on each side: a narrow paravertebral and moderately narrow dorsolateral and between them two narrow dorsal; a moderately wide midlateral and ventrolateral. Head pale brown marked with dark brown, including a median streak on frontal. Legs pale brown longitudinally striped with dark brown.” (Storr 1975: 240). |
Comment | Ctenotus colletti nasutus STORR 1969 and Ctenotus colletti rufescens STORR 1979 have been raised to species status by STORR 1990. Abundance: quite common, with more than 400 specimens collected (Pianka 2011) Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
Etymology | Named after Dr. Robert Collett (1842-1913), a Norwegian zoologist and ichthyologist who worked at Christiania (Oslo) Museum (1871-1913) and was Professor of Zoology at the university from 1884. |
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