Species Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866)
Leopard Ctenotus
- Lygosoma (Hinulia) pantherinum Peters, W. 1866. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Amphibolurus, Lygosoma, Cyclodus, Masticophis, Crotaphopeltis) und Fische (Diagramma, Hapalogenys) des Kgl. zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 86-96 [1867 on title page] [89].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 5379, Swan River, WA. - Lygosoma ocellatum 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 [233] [junior homonym of Mocoa ocellata Gray, 1845].
Type data:
Holotype UZMO K2009, Roebuck Bay, WA. - Lygosoma ocelliferum Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Erratum (Annals, Sept. 1896, p. 233) for Lygosoma ocellatum read Lygosoma ocelliferum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 18: 342 [342] [nom.nov. for Lygosoma ocellatum Boulenger, 1896, at that time a junior secondary homonym of Mocoa ocellata Gray, 1845].
- Egernia whitei carnarae Kinghorn, J.R. 1931. Herpetological Notes. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 85-91 [88].
Type data:
Holotype AM R9981, between Canara district and North West Cape, WA. - Lygosoma (Hinulia) breviunguis Kinghorn, J.R. 1932. Description of a new species of Lygosoma from north-west Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 300-301 [300, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM R9981, Carnarvon District, North West Cape, WA. - Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer 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] [99] [emendation of Lygosoma ocelliferum Boulenger, 1896].
- Ctenotus pantherinus calx 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] [99].
Type data:
Holotype NMV D10810, Dunmarra, NT [16°40'S 133°23'E]. - Ctenotus pantherinus acripes 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 [216].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R27843, Barrow Is., WA [20°45'S 115°25'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Prates, I., Doughty, P. and Rabosky, D.L. 2022. Subspecies at crossroads: the evolutionary significance of genomic and phenotypic variation in a wide-ranging Australian lizard (Ctenotus pantherinus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197: 768-786 [Date published online 10 Oct 2022]
Generic Combinations
- Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus (Peters, 1866). —
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] (changed combination by inference) - Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866). —
Pianka, E.R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 [1017]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low woodland, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, tussock grassland.
General References
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. [150] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 150), in which Cogger listed synonyms)
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. [150] (did not identify subspecies)
Pianka, E.R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 (ecology)
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 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Queensland. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 319-332 (taxonomy)
Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp. [178]
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. [27] (Leopard Ctenotus)
History of changes
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| 07-Feb-2024 | SQUAMATA | 26-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |