Lancelin Island skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. lancelini
Binomial name
Ctenotus lancelini
Ford, 1969
Synonyms[2]
  • Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini
    Ford, 1969
  • Ctenotus lancelini
    Cogger, 1983

The Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini), also known commonly as the Lancelin south-west ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.[3]

Geographic range

C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.[2]

Reproduction

C. lancelini is oviparous.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Ctenotus lancelini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenotus lancelini, p. 150).

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