Species Ctenotus leonhardii (Sternfeld, 1919)
Leonhardi's Ctenotus
- Lygosoma (Hinulia) taeniolatum maculata Rosén, N. 1905. List of lizards in the Zoological Museum of Lund, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 129-142 [140, pl. 8(2)] [junior primary homonym of Lygosoma maculatum Blyth, 1853].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMLU Cat. Typ. Nr. 281 2 specimens, 'West Australia'. - Lygosoma (Hinulia) leonhardii Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 1: 76-83 [79].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 14410, Hermannsburg Mission, Upper Finke River, NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [149]
Generic Combinations
- Ctenotus leonhardii (Sternfeld, 1919).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low woodland, oviparous, tall shrubland, tussock grassland.
General References
Pianka, E.R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 (ecology)
Pianka, E.R. 1972. Zoogeography and speciation of Australian desert lizards: an ecological perspective. Copeia 1972: 127-144
Storr, G.M. 1969. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Eastern Division of Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 51: 97-109 [1968 on title page] (taxonomy)
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. 1971. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 16: 1-15 [1969 on title page] (taxonomy)
Warburg, M.R. 1966. Water economy of several Australian geckos, agamids, and water skinks. Copeia 1966: 230-235 (as Sphenomorphus leonhardii)
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. [26] (Leonhardi's Ctenotus)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |