Ctenophorus butlerorum

Ctenophorus butlerorum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Ctenophorus
Species:	C. butlerorum
Binomial name
Ctenophorus butlerorum (Storr, 1977) [2]
Distribution of Ctenophorus butlerorum
Synonyms [2] [3]
Amphibolurus parviceps butleri Storr, 1977 Tympanocryptis parviceps butleri — Cogger, 2000 Tympanocryptis butleri — Greer, 2006 Rankina butleri — Melville, Shoo & Doughty, 2008 Ctenophorus butleri — Wilson & Swan, 2010 Ctenophorus butlerorum — Title, 2018 Ctenophorus butlerorum — Ellis, 2019

Ctenophorus butlerorum, also known commonly as Butler's dragon, ^[1] the Shark Bay heath dragon ^{[2] [4]} and the Edel heath dragon, ^[3] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, butlerorum (Latin, genitive plural), is in honor of Australian naturalist William Henry "Harry" Butler and his wife Margaret Butler. ^{[3] [5]}

Habitat and geographic range

C. butlerorum is found in dunes and sandplains of the mid-west coast of Western Australia between Shark Bay and Kalbarri. ^[4]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of C. butlerorum is unknown. ^[3]

References

1. Melville, J.; Wilson, S.; Ford, S.; Macdonald, S.M (2017). "Ctenophorus butlerorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T83410072A83453668. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T83410072A83453668.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. "Ctenophorus butleri (Storr, 1977)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
3. "Ctenophorus butlerorum (Storr, 1977)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
4. Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney, New South Wales: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tympanocryptis butleri, p. 44).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Storr GM (1977). "The Amphibolurus adelaidensis species group (Lacertilia, Agamidae) in Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum5 (1): 73–81. (Amphibolurus parviceps butleri, new subspecies, pp. 75–77, Figure 1).