Ctenotus quinkan

Ctenotus quinkan
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. quinkan
Binomial name
Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979

Ctenotus quinkan, the Quinkan ctenotus, is a species of Australian skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

Description

The skink is olive-brown in colour with an average Snout-Vent length of 55 to 80 mm (2.2 to 3.1 in). ^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Glen Ingram in 1979. ^[4]

Distribution

The species is endemic to the area around Cooktown ^[3] in Queensland in Australia. ^[5] It has only been recorded in the sandstone escarpments of the Cooktown-Laura area. ^[2]

Publications

• Ingram, 1979 : Two new species of skinks, genus Ctenotus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 13, No. 3, p. 279-282.

References

1. Couper, P.; Hoskin, C.; Amey, A. (2018). "Ctenotus quinkan". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T109464143A109464171. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109464143A109464171.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Cogger, Harold (2014-03-03). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. CSIRO PUBLISHING. p. 514. ISBN   978-0-643-10977-3.
3. Stewart Macdonald. "Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan)". Australian Reptile Online Database. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
4. "Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 4 March 2019.
5. "Quinkan ctenotus – Ctenotus quinkan". Department of Environment and Science (Queensland) . Government of Queensland . Retrieved 15 May 2018.

External links

• {{{genus}}} {{{species}}} at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
• "Ctenotus quinkan Ingram 1979". Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (UBIO).

• Reptiles portal
• Queensland portal