Ctenotus hilli

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Ctenotus hilli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. hilli
Binomial name
Ctenotus hilli
Storr, 1970

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]

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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]

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References

  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.
  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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