Biology:Ctenophorus butlerorum

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Short description: Species of lizard

Ctenophorus butlerorum
Ctenophorus butlerorum pair.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Ctenophorus
Species:
C. butlerorum
Binomial name
Ctenophorus butlerorum
(Storr, 1977)[1]
Ctenophorus butlerorum distribution map.png
Distribution of Ctenophorus butlerorum
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Amphibolurus parviceps butleri
    Storr, 1977
  • Tympanocryptis parviceps butleri
    — Cogger, 2000
  • Tympanocryptis butleri
    — Greer, 2006
  • Rankina butleri
    — Melville, Shoo & Doughty, 2008
  • Ctenophorus butleri
    — Wilson & Swan, 2010
  • Ctenophorus butlerorum
    — Title, 2018
  • Ctenophorus butlerorum
    — Ellis, 2019

Ctenophorus butlerorum, also known commonly as Butler's dragon,[3] the Shark Bay heath dragon[1][4] and the Edel heath dragon,[2] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia .

Etymology

The specific name, butlerorum (Latin, genitive plural), is in honor of Australian naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler and his wife Margaret Butler.[2][5]

Habitat and geographic range

C. butlerorum is found in dunes and sandplains of the mid-west coast of Western Australia between Shark Bay and Kalbarri.[4]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. butlerorum is unknown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ctenophorus butleri (Storr, 1977)". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:038c5006-d547-484d-8d30-a29f4b03300e. Retrieved 11 June 2018. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ctenophorus butlerorum (Storr, 1977)". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ctenophorus&species=butlerorum. Retrieved 11 June 2018. 
  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 19 November 2021
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney, New South Wales: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN:978-1921517280
  5. ↑ 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. (Tympanocryptis butleri, p. 44).

Further reading

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN:978-0643100350.
  • Storr GM (1977). "The Amphibolurus adelaidensis species group (Lacertilia, Agamidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum 5 (1): 73–81. (Amphibolurus parviceps butleri, new subspecies, pp. 75–77, Figure 1).

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