Ctenotus mimetes STORR, 1969
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Checker-sided Ctenotus |
Synonym | Ctenotus mimetes STORR 1969: 103 Ctenotus mimetes — STORR 1975: 229 Ctenotus mimetes — COGGER 1983: 149 Ctenotus mimetes — COGGER 2000: 435 Ctenotus mimetes — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: 12 mi E of Paynes Find, in 29° 13’ S, 117'5 YE, W. A. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: WAM R17991, unsexed subadult |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A member of the leonhardii group with long tail and legs, no vertebral stripe, well-developed white midlateral stripe, black latero dorsal stripe narrow and not enclosing spots, and upper lateral zone consisting of alternating rectangular blotches of black and rufous (Storr 1974). |
Comment | Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) No etymology given by Storr 1969. |
Etymology | Unclear. Maybe after Latin mimus = Greek mimos = actor, as Storr mentions the similarity between C. mimetes and C. labillardierii as well as C. schomburgkii. |
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