Species Ctenotus schomburgkii (Peters, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygosoma schomburgkii Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [231].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB 4713, Loos, 4.5 km W Gawler (as Buchsfelde), SA.

  Type locality references:

  Praite, R. & Tolley, J.C. 1970. Place names of South Australia. Adelaide : Rigby 203 pp.
• Hinulia muelleri Fischer, J.G. 1882. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 48: 281-302 [295, pl. 16 figs 16-19] [junior homonym of Scincus mulleri Schlegel, 1837].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 10073 (not found), Nickol Bay, WA; SMNS (not found).
• Lygosoma fischeri Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [228] [nom. nov. for Hinulia muelleri Fischer, 1882, at that time a junior secondary homonym of Scincus mulleri Schlegel, 1837].
• Minervascincus monaro Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R92239, 6 km along Cambalong Road, Bombala, NSW [36°53'S 149°08'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [62].

 

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. [152]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ctenotus schomburgkii (Peters, 1863).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low woodland, open heath, open scrub, 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. 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. [27] (Barred Wedgesnout 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		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)