Ctenotus youngsoni

Ctenotus youngsoni
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. youngsoni
Binomial name
Ctenotus youngsoni Storr, 1975

Ctenotus youngsoni, also known commonly as the Shark Bay south-west ctenotus and Youngson's ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. The specific name, youngsoni, is in honour of Australian zoologist William Kenneth Youngson. ^[2] C. youngsoni is found in the Australian state of Western Australia. ^[3] The preferred natural habitat of C. youngsoni is shrubland. ^[1] C. youngsoni has well-developed limbs, with five toes on each of its four feet. ^[3] C. youngsoni is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Ford, S.; How, R.; Cowan, M. (2017). "Ctenotus youngsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T109464844A109464849. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109464844A109464849.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. 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 youngsoni, p. 292).
3. Ctenotus youngsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 22 March 2015.

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN   978-0643100350.
• Kay GM, Keogh JS (2012). "Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot". Zootaxa3390: 1–18.
• Storr GM (1975). "The Genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Kimberley and North-west Divisions of Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum3 (3): 209–243. (Ctenotus youngsoni, new species, pp. 227–228).
• Storr GM, Smith LA, Johnstone RE (1999). Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks, Revised Edition. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 291 pp. ISBN   978-0730726562.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN   978-1921517280.