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The eastern striped skink (Ctenotus robustus) 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.
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.
In the mallee regions the key feature of its habitat is the spinifex or porcupine grass (Triodia scariosa). Its distribution includes many other ctenotus skinks which are able to disperse widely over a large area of arid zone with little or no geographic barriers and homogenous climate. [5]
It is a burrowing skink and shelters in burrows with at least two entrances. [4] Like many other lizards, Leonhardii's ctenotus are able to survive in harsh desert environments due to the use of ectothermy which allows metabolic inactivity to occur in harsh conditions (i.e. aestivation). [11]
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]
Ctenotus rutilans, the rusty-shouldered ctenotus, is a species of skink found in Western Australia. [2] References This page was last edited on 13 December 2024, at ...
The western limestone ctenotus (Ctenotus australis) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Geographic range