Ctenotus iapetus STORR, 1975
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: North West Cape Ctenotus |
Synonym | Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus iapetus STORR 1975: 236 Ctenotus iapetus — SMITH & JOHNSTONE 1981 Ctenotus iapetus — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus iapetus — COGGER 2000: 438 Ctenotus iapetus — COGGER 2000: 751 Ctenotus iapetus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (coastal NW Western Australia) Type locality: 13 km S of North West Cape, in 21° 54’ S, 114° 08’ E, W. A. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R27887 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A member of the taeniolatus group with 12 pale lines and stripes on a dark ground. Distinguishable from C. q. quattuordecimlineatus by one (rather than two) pate upper lateral stripes, and from C. q. atlas by presence of pale dorsal line between paravertebral and dorsolateral lines.” (Storr 1975: 237) Description: “Snout-vent length (mm): 39-59 (48.5). Length of appendages (% SVL): foreleg 25-31 (28.0), hindleg 45-53 (48.7), tail 214-240 (225). Nasals forming a short median suture. Prefrontals forming a median suture. Supraoculars 4, first 3 in contact with frontal. Supraciliaries 7. Palpebrals 10-13 (11.5). Second loreal 1.2-1.9 (1.47) times as wide as high. Upper labials 8. Ear lobules 2-4 (3.0), acute in adults, obtuse in juveniles. Nuchals 2 or 3 (2.5). Midbody scale rows 25-27 (26.0). Lamellae under fourth toe 25-28 (26.2), each with a dark obtuse keel or narrow to moderately wide callus. Back and sides black or blackish brown. On each side a white paravertebral and dorsolateral line and a dorsal line between them, a narrow upper lateral stripe, and a wide midlateral and ventrolateral stripe.” (Storr 1975: 237) |
Comment | Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
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