Ctenotus alleni

Ctenotus alleni
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. alleni
Binomial name
Ctenotus alleni Storr, 1974

Ctenotus alleni, also known commonly as the Ajana ctenotus and Allen's ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alleni, is in honour of Nicholas T. Allen, who collected the holotype. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. alleni are savanna and shrubland. ^[1]

Reproduction

C. alleni is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. How, R.; Cowan, M.; Teale, R. (2017). "Ctenotus alleni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109462885A109462888. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109462885A109462888.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Ctenotus alleni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. 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. (Ctenotus alleni, p. 6).

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 (1974). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia56: 86–93. (Ctenotus alleni, new species).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.