| Lancelin Island skink | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ctenotus |
| Species: | C. lancelini |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus lancelini Ford, 1969 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini), also known commonly as the Lancelin south-west ctenotus and the south-west ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology
The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.
Description
C. lancelini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in). Dorsally, it is brown on the body, fading to gray on the tail. The flanks are striped and spotted with black and white. The legs are yellow or orange, with dark brown streaks.
Geographic range
C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.
Habitat and behavior
The preferred natural habitat of C. lancelini is rocky areas of grassland and shrubland, where it shelters under limestone slabs and in burrows of seabirds.
Reproduction
C. lancelini is oviparous.
Taxonomy
C. lancelini is a member of the C. labillardieri species group.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Species Ctenotus lancelini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Wilson, S; Swan, G (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. p. 688. ISBN 978-1-92554-671-2.
Further reading
- Cogger, HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia (7 ed.). Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. pp. xxx + 1, 033. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Ford, J (1969). "Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 51 (3): 68–75.
- Storr, GM; Smith, LA; Johnstone, RE (1999). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks (Revised ed.). Perth: Western Australian Museum. p. 291. ISBN 978-0730726562.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ctenotus lancelini | |