Ctenotus strauchii (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Ctenotus strauchii strauchii (BOULENGER 1887) Ctenotus strauchii varius STORR 1981
Common Names	E: Eastern Barred Wedge-snout Ctenotus
Synonym	Lygosoma strauchi BOULENGER 1887: 229 Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) strauchi — SMITH 1937: 220 Ctenotus strauchii strauchii — STORR 1981 Ctenotus strauchii — COGGER 1983: 153 Ctenotus strauchii — COGGER 2000: 446 Ctenotus strauchii — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenotus strauchii varius STORR 1981: 139 Ctenotus strauchii varius — WILSON & SWAN 2013: 242
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia,) Type locality: Gayndah, Qld.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.66 Holotype: AMS R49507 (Australian Museum), collected on 14 October 1975 by H.G. Cogger and P. Webber [varius]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (strauchi): “A sharply patterned member of the C. schomburgkii group with nasals in contact, prefrontals widely separated, second supraocular usually narrower than third, ear lobules very small, and subdigital keels fine and mucronate.” (Storr 1981)
Comment	Limb morphology: 5 digits, 5 toes (Singhal et al. 2018, Cogger 2014)
Etymology	Named after Alexander Strauch (1832-1893), Russian zoologist. No etymology given for varius, but apparently after its variable (or divergent) color pattern.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - 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 Prates, I., Singhal, S., Marchán-Rivadeneira, M. R., Grundler, M. R., Moritz, C., Donnellan, S., & Rabosky, D. 2021. Genetic and Ecogeographic Controls on Species Cohesion in Australia’s Most Diverse Lizard Radiation. American Naturalist 199 (2): E57-E75 - get paper here 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 Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 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 Storr G M 1981. Ten new Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Australia. Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 9 (2): 125-146 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1971. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in South Australia. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 16 (6): 1-15 - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=50&Species=269 http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Ctenotus/strauchii https://zoobank.org/E96CAB59-FBB7-451B-9D11-4372182F9809 Google images

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