Ctenotus ehmanni

Ctenotus ehmanni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. ehmanni
Binomial name
Ctenotus ehmanni Storr, 1985

Ctenotus ehmanni, also known commonly as the brown-tailed finesnout ctenotus or Ehmann's ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ehmanni, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harry Ehmann. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ehmanni is forest. ^[2]

Reproduction

C. ehmanni is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Shea, G.; Moritz, C. (2017). "Ctenotus ehmanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109463302A109463307. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109463302A109463307.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Ctenotus ehmanni 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 ehmanni, p. 81).

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 (1985). "Two New Skinks (Lacertilia : Scincidae) from Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum12 (2): 193–196. (Ctenotus ehmanni, new species, pp. 193–194, Figure 1).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.