Subspecies Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis Storr, 1975

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• Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis Storr, G.M. 1975. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 209-243 [235].

  Type data:

   Neotype WAM R11741 (Neotype proposed by Smith (2002), designated by ICZN Opinion 2090 (ICZN, 2004)), Wotjulum, west Kimberley, Western Australia [16°14'S, 123°38'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Smith, L.A. 2002. Case 3196. Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis Storr, 1975 (currently C. yampiensis; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59: 273-274; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclarure 2004. Opinion 2090 (Case 3196), Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis Storr, 1975 (currently C. yampiensis; Reptilia, Sauria): neotype designated. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61: 206-207.

Introduction

Widely considered a synonym of Ctenotus decaneurus prior to Horner (2009)

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, oviparous, tropical.

General References

Horner, P. 2009. Three new species of Ctenotus (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with comments on the status of Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 181-199

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