Genus Ctenotus Storr, 1964

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• Ctenotus Storr, G.M. 1964. Ctenotus, a new generic name for a group of Australian skinks. Western Australian Naturalist 9: 84-85 [84].

  Type species:

   Lacerta taeniolata Shaw, 1790 by original designation.
• Kommosagogus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [96].

  Type species:

   Lygosoma labillardieri Duméril & Bibron, 1839 by original designation.
• Magnuscincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [98].

  Type species:

   Lygosoma (Hinulia) pantherinum Peters, 1866 by original designation.
• Minervascincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [99].

  Type species:

   Tiliqua essingtoni Gray, 1842 by original designation.
• Tantaloscincus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [103].

  Type species:

   Lygosoma schomburgkii Peters, 1863 by original designation.

 

Introduction

The genus Ctenotus requires revision. Rabosky et al. (2014) studied species boundaries within the C. inornatus and C. robustus species complexes using genetic and morphological data. This work showed that the current taxonomic arrangement of these groups is inadequate and suggested substantial reassessment of species boundaries. However, while they provided a brief revision of the nominal forms implied by their results they noted that further work would greatly improve the suggested taxonomy, and many of the suggested synonymies were tentative. We follow the Australian Society of Herpetologists in not implementing the changes suggested by Rabosky et al. (2014) until further work can be conducted to resolve relationships and species boundaries.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

One species (Ctenotus spaldingi) in S New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Flinders (FLI) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Dampierland (DL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

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

Rabosky, D.L., Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, C.C., Talaba, A.L. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 71–82

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)