Species Ctenotus spaldingi (Macleay, 1877)
Spalding's Ctenotus, Straight-browed Ctenotus
- Hinulia spaldingi Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 60-69 [1878 on title page] [63].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM R31843–6, Endeavour River, QLD. - Lygosoma dorsale 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. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.15.51–52, Fly River, Papua New Guinea.
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. [153]
Generic Combinations
- Ctenotus spaldingi (Macleay, 1877).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Upper NT to Cape York Peninsula, QLD, and Torres Strait islands; southern New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low woodland, open forest, oviparous, supralittoral.
General References
Copland, S.J. 1947. Catalogue of reptiles in the Macleay Museum. II. Sphenomorphus spaldingi (Macleay). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 136-144 (taxonomy, as Sphenomorphus spaldingi)
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] (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) of Queensland. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6: 319-332 (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] (Straight-browed Ctenotus)
History of changes
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| 21-May-2023 | SCINCIDAE | 23-Aug-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 21-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |