Ctenotus decaneurus STORR, 1970
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Ctenotus decaneurus
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Ctenotus decaneurus decaneurus STORR 1970 Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis STORR 1975 |
| Common Names | E: Ten-lined Ctenotus yampiensis: Yampi Ctenotus |
| Synonym | Ctenotus decaneurus STORR 1970: 104 Ctenotus decaneurus — COGGER 1983: 145 Ctenotus decaneurus — COGGER 2000: 420 Ctenotus decaneurus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenotus decaneurus decaneurus — WILSON & SWAN 2013 Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis STORR 1975: 235 Ctenotus yampiensis — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis — COGGER 2000: 421 Ctenotus yampiensis — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis — WILSON & SWAN 2013 |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, N Western Australia, W Queensland ?) decaneurus: N Kimberleys, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Type locality: 21 mi WNW of Newry, in 15° 59’ S, 129° 00’ E, N. T. yampiensis: Yampi Sound, W Kimberleys, Western Australia. Type locality: Wotjulum Mission Station, in 16° 1 I’ S, 123° 37’ E, W. A. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: WAM R23130 Holotype: WAM R11795, Noetype: WAM R11741 [yampiensis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately small member (SVL to 54.5 mm) of the C. atlas species-group, distinguished from congeners by having three of four supraoculars in contact with frontal, frontoparietals paired, prefrontals usually separated, eight supralabials, laterally compressed toes with callose subdigital lamellae, prominent pale mid-lateral stripe, black ground colour with usually ten pale stripes on body, dark vertebral stripe, unpatterned dark upper lateral zone, pale paravertebral stripes not fused posteriorly. |
| Comment | The ICZN has designated a neotype for the Western Australian skink species Ctenotus yampiensis Storr, 1975 (family scincidae). Storr inadvertently designated a specimen of C. militaris Storr, 1975 as the holotype of C. decaneurus yampiensis, thus making the subspecific name a synonym of C. militaris. The only character which reliably distinguished C. yampiensis from C. decaneurus was a higher midbody scale row count (range 29–32 vs 24–28). Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
| Etymology | From the Latin deca (ten) plus neurus (sinew), alluding to the 10 stripes, with an additional allusion to the type locality, Newry Station. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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