Species Ctenotus labillardieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tiliqua labillardii Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. (contd.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2: 287-293 [1839 on title page] [289] [nom. nud. ; ex Cocteau ms].
• Lygosoma labillardieri Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 5 viii 854 pp. [Date published Nov-1839] [731].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia and Waigeo (as Waigieu) and Rawack Ils, Indonesia, MNHP 2980, cited as 'type' by Roux-Estève (1979), other syntypes not found.

  Type locality references:

  Roux-Estève, R. 1979. Liste des Amphibiens et Reptiles des collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, récoltés par Lesueur (1778–1846). Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre 66: 25-29.
• Hinulia greyii Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.19.57, Swan River, WA.

 

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. [148]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ctenotus labillardieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, open forest, open heath, oviparous, saxicoline.

 

General References

Ford, J. 1969. Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 51: 68-75 [1968 on title page] (taxonomy)

Kay, G.M. & Keogh, J.S. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot. Zootaxa 3390: 1-18

Kay, G.M. & Keogh, J.S. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot. Zootaxa 3390: 1-18

Storr, G.M. 1974. The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 56: 86-93 [1973 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. [26] (Common South-west Ctenotus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		21-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)