Biology:Ctenotus quinkan

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Short description: Species of lizard

Ctenotus quinkan
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. quinkan
Binomial name
Ctenotus quinkan
Ingram, 1979

The Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan) is a species of Australian skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

Description

The skink is olive-brown in colour with an average Snout-Vent length of 55 to 80 mm (2.2 to 3.1 in).[2][3]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Glen Ingram in 1979.[4]

Distribution

The species is endemic to the area around Cooktown[3] in Queensland in Australia .[5] It has only been recorded in the sandstone escarpments of the Cooktown-Laura area.[2]

Publications

  • Ingram, 1979 : Two new species of skinks, genus Ctenotus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 13, No. 3, p. 279-282.

References

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q3006576 entry