Ctenotus mastigura STORR, 1975

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Whiptail Ctenotus
Synonym	Ctenotus mastigura mastigura STORR 1975: 228 Ctenotus mastigura — COGGER 1983: 149 Minervascincus mastigura — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 35 Ctenotus mastigura — COGGER 2000: 434 Ctenotus mastigura — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: N Kimberleys) Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, in 14° 52’ S, 125° 50’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R43210
Diagnosis
Comment	Ctenotus mastigura burbidgei STORR 1975 has been elevated to species level. Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
References	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., 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 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. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 209-243 - get paper here Storr, G. M., Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth: University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum, 200 pp. Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/mastigura http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_images/Ctenotus_mastigura.jpginfo: http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/mastigura Google images

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