The Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan) is a species of Australian skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ctenotus |
| Species: | C. quinkan
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979
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Description
editThe 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
editThe species was first formally described by Glen Ingram in 1979.[4]
Distribution
editThe 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Cogger, Harold (2014-03-03). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. CSIRO PUBLISHING. p. 514. ISBN 9780643109773.
- ^ a b Stewart Macdonald. "Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan)". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Quinkan ctenotus – Ctenotus quinkan". Department of Environment and Science (Queensland). Government of Queensland. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
External links
edit- {{{genus}}} {{{species}}} at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- "Ctenotus quinkan Ingram 1979". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO).
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