Species Ctenotus leae (Boulenger, 1887)
Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus
- Lygosoma leae Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [226, pl. 12 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.15.33, Adelaide, SA.
Generic Combinations
- Ctenotus leae (Boulenger, 1887).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, diurnal, low shrubland, oviparous, tall shrubland.
General References
Pianka, E.R. 1969. Sympatry of desert lizards (Ctenotus) in Western Australia. Ecology 50: 1012-1030 (ecology)
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; 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)
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] (Orange-tailed Finesnout Ctenotus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |