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Ctenotus quinkan

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Species of lizard

Ctenotus quinkan
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species: C. quinkan
Binomial name
Ctenotus quinkan
Ingram, 1979

Ctenotus quinkan, the Quinkan ctenotus, 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).

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

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

  1. Couper, P.; Hoskin, C.; Amey, A. (2018). "Ctenotus quinkan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109464143A109464171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109464143A109464171.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cogger, Harold (2014-03-03). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. CSIRO PUBLISHING. p. 514. ISBN 9780643109773.
  3. ^ Stewart Macdonald. "Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan)". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. "Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. "Quinkan ctenotus – Ctenotus quinkan". Department of Environment and Science (Queensland). Government of Queensland. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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Taxon identifiers
Ctenotus quinkan


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