Ctenotus pantherinus (PETERS, 1866)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Ctenotus pantherinus acripes STORR 1975 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer STORR 1969 Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus (PETERS 1866) |
Common Names | E: Leopard Ctenotus |
Synonym | Lygosoma (Hinulia) pantherinum PETERS 1866: 89 Egernia whitei carnarae KINGHORN 1931 Lygosoma (Hinulia) breviunguis KINGHORN 1932 Ctenotus pantherinus — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenotus pantherinus acripes STORR 1975 Magnuscincus acripes — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus acripes — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus pantherinus acripes — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970 Ctenotus pantherinus calx STORR 1970: 99 Magnuscincus calx — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus calx — STORR et al. 1999 Ctenotus pantherinus calx — COGGER 2000: 436 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer STORR 1969 Lygosoma ocellatum BOULENGER 1896: 233 (non Mocoa ocellata GARY 1845) Lygosoma ocelliferum BOULENGER 1896 (nom. nov. pro L. ocellatum) Lygosoma ocelliferum BOULENGER 1896: 342 Lygosoma (Hinulia) ocelliferum — STERNFELD 1925: 246 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) ocelliferum — SMITH 1937: 220 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) ocelliferum — GLAUERT 1960 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer — STORR 1970: 98 Magnuscincus ocellifer — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33 Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer — STORR et al. 1999 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales?, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia) acripes: arid Nw Queensland and Barrow Island, Western Australia. calx: N Australia from the Kimberleys to NW Queensland. ocellifer: remainder of range. pantherinus: SW Western Australia; Type locality: “Swan River (Australien)” [= Western Australia]. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 5379 Holotype: NMV D10810 (National Museum of Victoria) [calx] Holotype: WAM R27843, collected by W.H. Butler on 2 June 1964 [acripes] Holotype: ZMUO K2009 (= UZMO, Zoologisk Museum, University of Oslo, Norway) Roebuck Bay, WA, collected K. Dahl [ocellifer] |
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Comment | Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Abundance: quite common, with more than 400 specimens collected (Pianka 2011) Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014) |
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