Ctenotus hilli STORR, 1970

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Top-end Lowlands Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus hilli STORR 1970: 103 Ctenotus hilli — COGGER 1983: 147 Minervascincus hilli — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 35 Ctenotus hilli — SADLIER et al. 1985 Ctenotus hilli — COGGER 2000: 428 Ctenotus hilli — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory) Type locality: Darwin, in 12'26’ S, 130° 5YE, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R23569
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Named after Gerald Freer Hili (1880-1954), zoologist who collected the types but otherwise specialized on termites.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 King M; Horner P; Fyfe G 1988. A new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from central Australia, and a key to the Ctenotus leonhardii species group. The Beagle 5 (1) : 147-153 Sadlier R; Wombey J C; Braithwaite R W 1985. Ctenotus kurnbudj and Ctenotus gagudju, two new lizards (Scincidae) from the Alligator Rivers region of the Northern Territory. The Beagle 2 (1): 95-103 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 Storr G M 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969] - get paper here 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.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/hilli http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Gekkonidae/Diplodactylus… http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D1097213-D1DC-433C-A3B5-… Google images

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