Ctenotus australis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species: Ctenotus australis
Name

Ctenotus australis (Gray, 1838)
References
Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Ctenotus australis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 November 2019.
Gaikhorst, G., Sanderson, C., Lloyd, R. & Craig, M. 2017. IUCN: Ctenotus australis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109463022A109463031. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109463022A109463031.en

Vernacular names
English: Western Limestone Ctenotus

The western limestone ctenotus (Ctenotus australis) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Geographic range

C. australis is native to coastal areas in the southwestern part of Western Australia.
Habitat

C. australis is found amongst heath on coastal dunes, and in open woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain. It is generally restricted to areas with limestone.[3]
Description

The western limestone ctenotus is quite large for a ctenotus. It is a light brown colour, but over this is a complex, prominent pattern of black, white and brown stripes.[3]
Reproduction

C. australis is oviparous.[2]
References

Gaikhorst, G.; Sanderson, C.; Lloyd, R.; Craig, M. (2017). "Ctenotus australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109463022A109463031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109463022A109463031.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
Species Ctenotus australis at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Bush, Brian; Maryan, Brad; Browne-Cooper, Robert; Robinson, David (1995). A Guide to the Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region. Perth: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 1-875560-42-4. 226 pp.

Further reading

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,o33 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series 2: 287–293. (Tiliqua australis, new species, p. 291).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.