Lancelin Island skink

The Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini), also known commonly as the Lancelin south-west ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Lancelin Island skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. lancelini
Binomial name
Ctenotus lancelini
Ford, 1969
Synonyms[2]
  • Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini
    Ford, 1969
  • Ctenotus lancelini
    — Cogger, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.[3]

Geographic range

C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.[2]

Reproduction

C. lancelini is oviparous.[2]

See also

References
  1. Gaikhorst, G.; Lloyd, R.; Craig, M. (2020). "Ctenotus lancelini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T5861A167868572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T5861A167868572.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Ctenotus lancelini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenotus lancelini, p. 150).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Ford J (1969). "Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia". J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 51 (3): 68–75. (Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini, new subspecies, p. 69).
  • Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1999). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. ISBN 978-0730726562.
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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