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Ctenotus robustus, the eastern striped skink, is a species of skink found in a wide variety of habitats around Australia. [3] They are long-tailed, fast moving skinks that are quite large, growing to a maximum length of about 30 cm (including the tail which can make up around 2/3 of its length).
Ctenotus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. The genus Ctenotus belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Anomalopus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus.
Central pygmy spiny-tailed skink; Centralian blue-tongued skink; ... Ctenotus rimacolus; Ctenotus robustus; Ctenotus rosarium; Ctenotus rubicundus; Ctenotus rufescens;
The term striped skink may refer to any one of several species of skinks: Ctenotus robustus, a comb-eared skink from Australia; Trachylepis striata or Euprepes striata, a skink from Africa; Oligosoma striatum from New Zealand, a relative of the mastiff skinks
Ctenotus spaldingi is a diurnal terrestrial skink (Scincidae) species of lizard, commonly known as the straight-browed ctenotus [2] [3] or Spalding's ctenotus. [4] Native to Australia the species is found in the northern areas of Australia, along the east coast, in the north and east of South Australia and throughout Victoria and in southern Papua New Guinea.
The bar-shouldered ctenotus, scientifically known as Ctenotus inornatus, is a member of the Ctenotus inornatus species group, a putative clade of at least 11 nominal forms of large-bodied skinks that reach similar adult sizes, typically ranging from 85 to 110 millimeters in snout-vent length. [3]
Ctenotus taeniolatus, the copper-tailed ctenotus or copper-tailed skink, [2] is a species of medium-sized skink found commonly along the eastern seaboard of Australia and throughout the country generally. Striped skinks are found in open bushland and heathland. They can grow to be 30 cm long.
Ctenotus regius was first described by Glen Milton Store in 1970, [6] and has not since had a name revision.. The pale-rumped ctenotus is a member of the skink family (Scincidae), and the genus Ctenotus, often described as 'comb-eared' for its row of small scales on the anterior edge of its ears. [7]