Species Ctenotus colletti (Boulenger, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma colletti Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Description of four new lizards from Roebuck Bay, north Western Australia obtained by Dr. Dahl, for the Christiania Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 18: 232-235 [234].

  Type data:

   Holotype UZMO K2008, Roebuck Bay, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Dampierland (DL)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, oviparous, terrestrial.

 

General References

Pianka, E.R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 (ecology)

Storr, G.M. 1970. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 52: 97-108 [1969 on title page] (taxonomy)

Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth : University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum 200 pp. (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [25] (Buff-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)