Ctenotus brooksi
Ctenotus brooksi, also known commonly as Brooks' ctenotus and the wedgesnout ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ctenotus |
| Species: | C. brooksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus brooksi (Loveridge, 1933) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, brooksi, is in honor of American zoologist Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965).[3]
Geographic range
Within Australia, C. brooksi is found in Western Australia, Northern Territory, and South Australia.[2]
References
- Ford, S.; Gaikhorst, G.; How, R.; Cowan, M.; Zichy-Woinarski, J. (2017). "Ctenotus brooksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109463090A109463093. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109463090A109463093.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Ctenotus brooksi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Brooks' Ctenotus Ctenotus brooksi ", p. 40).
Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Loveridge A (1933). "New Scincid Lizards of the Genera Sphenomorphus, Rhodona, and Lygosoma from Australia". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 8: 95–100. (Sphenomorphus leae brooksi, new subspecies, pp. 95–96).
- 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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