Ctenotus hilli

Ctenotus hilli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Sphenomorphidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. hilli
Binomial name
	Ctenotus hilli; Storr, 1970

Last updated September 29, 2025

Ctenotus hilli, also known commonly as Hill's ctenotus and the Top-end lowlands ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hilli, is in honor of Australian zoologist Gerald Freer Hill (1880–1954).^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. hilli are forest and vegetated coastal dunes.^[1]

Description

C. hilli has five digits on each of its four feet.^[2]

Reproduction

C. hilli is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Fenner, A.; Cogger, H.; McDonald, P. (2018). "Ctenotus hilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109463474A109463479. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463474A109463479.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Ctenotus hilli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.
↑ 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 hilli, p. 123).

Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
Storr GM (1970). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia52 (4): 97–108. (Ctenotus hilli, new species, p. 103).
Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 Fenner, A.; Cogger, H.; McDonald, P. (2018). "Ctenotus hilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109463474A109463479. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463474A109463479.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Ctenotus hilli 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 hilli, p. 123).

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