Ctenotus piankai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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 piankai

Name

• Ctenotus piankai Storr, 1969: 106

Holotype: WAM R-30000, adult ♂.

Type locality: “24 mi [=38 km] ENE of Laverton, Western Australia, in 28°31’ S, 122°45’ E.”

References

Primary references

• 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(4): 97–109. BHL

Additional references

• Rabosky, D.L., Doughty, P. & Huang, H-T. 2017. Lizards in pinstripes: morphological and genomic evidence for two new species of scincid lizards within Ctenotus piankai Storr and C. duricola Storr (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Australian arid zone. Zootaxa 4303(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.1. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ctenotus piankai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Course Sand Ctenotus