.::::: Lizards of the World - Scincomorpha - Ctenotus :::::.
Last update: 17 March, 2004

This genus contains nearly 100 species found in Australia.

Ctenotus Storr, 1964
 
Ctenotus agrestis Wilson & Couper, 1995
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus alacer Storr, 1970
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus alleni Storr, 1974
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus allotropis Storr, 1981
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus angusticeps Storr, 1988
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus aphrodite Ingram & Czechura, 1990
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus arcanus Czechura & Wombey, 1982
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus ariadnae Storr, 1969
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus arnhemensis Storr, 1981
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus astarte Czechura, 1986
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus astictus Horner, 1995
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus atlas Storr, 1969
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus australis (Gray, 1838)
Lygosoma australe (Gray, 1838)
Lygosoma lesueurii Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Tiliqua australis Gray, 1838
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus borealis Horner & King, 1985
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus brachyonyx Storr, 1971
 
Distribution: Australia.
Ctenotus brooksi (Loveridge, 1933)

  • brooksi (Loveridge, 1933)
    Sphenomorphus leae brooksi Loveridge, 1933
  • aranda Storr, 1970
    Ctenotus aranda Storr, 1970
  • euclae Storr, 1971
    Ctenotus euclae Storr, 1971
  • iridis Storr, 1981
    Ctenotus iridis Storr, 1981
  • taeniatus (Mitchell, 1949)
    Ctenotus taeniatus (Mitchell, 1949)
    Lygosoma taeniata Mitchell, 1949
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus burbidgei Storr, 1975
    Ctenotus mastigura burbidgei Storr, 1975
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus calurus Storr, 1969
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus capricorni Storr, 1981
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus catenifer Storr, 1974
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus coggeri Sadlier, 1985
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus colletti (Boulenger, 1896)
    Ctenotus colletti colletti (Boulenger, 1896)
    Lygosoma colletti Boulenger, 1896
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus decaneurus Storr, 1970

  • decaneurus Storr, 1970
     
  • yampiensis Storr, 1975
    Ctenotus yampiensis Storr, 1975
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus delli Storr, 1974
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus dux Storr, 1969
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus ehmanni Storr, 1985
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus essingtonii (Gray, 1842)
  • essingtonii (Gray, 1842)
    Lygosoma essingtonii (Gray, 1842)
    Tiliqua essingtonii Gray, 1842
  • brevipes Storr, 1981
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus eurydice Czechura & Wombey, 1982
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus eutaenius Storr, 1981
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus fallens Storr, 1974
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus gagudju Sadlier, Wombey & Braithwaite, 1986
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus gemmula Storr, 1974
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus grandis Storr, 1969
  • grandis Storr, 1969
     
  • titan Storr, 1980
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus greeri Storr, 1979
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus hanloni Storr, 1980
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus hebetior Storr, 1978
  • hebetior Storr, 1978
     
  • schuettleri Börner, 1981
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus helenae Storr, 1969
    Lygosoma lesueurii concolor Glauert, 1952
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus hilli Storr, 1970
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus iapetus Storr, 1975
    Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus iapetus Storr, 1975
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus impar Storr, 1969
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus ingrami Czechura & Wombey, 1982
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus inornatus (Gray, 1845)
    Hinulia inornata Gray, 1845
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus joanae Storr, 1970
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus kurnbudj Sadlier, Wombey & Braithwaite, 1986
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus labillardieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
    Hinulia greyii Gray, 1845
    Lygosoma labillardieri Duméril & Bibron, 1839
    Tiliqua labillardi Gray, 1838 Nomen nudum
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus lancelini Ford, 1969
    Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini Ford, 1969
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus lateralis Storr, 1978
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus leae (Boulenger, 1887)
    Lygosoma leae Boulenger, 1887
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus leonhardii (Sternfeld, 1919)
    Lygosoma leonhardii Sternfeld, 1919
    Lygosoma taeniolatum maculata Rosén, 1905
    Sphenomorphus leonhardii (Sternfeld, 1919)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus maryani Aplin & Adams, 1998
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus mastigura Storr, 1975
    Ctenotus mastigura mastigura Storr, 1975
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus militaris Storr, 1975
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus mimetes Storr, 1969
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus monticola Storr, 1981
    Ctenotus hypatia Ingram & Czechura, 1990
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus nasutus Storr, 1969
    Ctenotus colletti nasutus Storr, 1969
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus nigrilineatus Storr, 1990
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus nullum Ingram & Czechura, 1990
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus olympicus Hutchinson & Donellan, 1999
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus pallescens Storr, 1970
    Ctenotus schomburgkii pallescens Storr, 1970
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866)
  • pantherinus (Peters, 1866)
    Egernia whitei carnarae Kinghorn, 1931
    Lygosoma breviunguis Kinghorn, 1932
    Lygosoma ocellatum Boulenger, 1896
    Lygosoma ocelliferum Boulenger, 1896
    Lygosoma pantherinum Peters, 1866
  • acripes Storr, 1975
    Ctenotus acripes Storr, 1975
  • calx Storr, 1970
     
  • ocellifer Storr, 1969
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus piankai Storr, 1969
  • piankai Storr, 1969
     
  • duricola Storr, 1975
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus pulchellus Storr, 1978
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus (Sternfeld, 1919)
    Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus quattuordecimlineatus (Sternfeld, 1919)
    Lygosoma quattuordecimlineatum Sternfeld, 1919
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus quinkan Ingram, 1979
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rawlinsoni Ingram, 1979
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus regius Storr, 1971
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rimacolus Horner & Fisher, 1998
  • rimacolus Horner & Fisher, 1998
     
  • camptris Horner & Fisher, 1998
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus robustus Storr, 1970
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rosarium Couper, Amey & Kutt, 2002
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rubicundus Storr, 1978
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rufescens Storr, 1979
    Ctenotus colletti rufescens Storr, 1979
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus rutilans Storr, 1980
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus saxatilis Storr, 1970
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus schevilli (Loveridge, 1933)
    Sphenomorphus schevilli Loveridge, 1933
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus schomburgkii (Peters, 1863)
    Hinulia muelleri Fischer, 1882
    Lygosoma fischeri Boulenger, 1887
    Lygosoma schomburgkii Peters, 1863
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus septenarius King, Horner & Fyfe, 1988
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus serotinus Czechura, 1986
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus serventyi Storr, 1975
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus severus Storr, 1969
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus spaldingi (Macleay, 1877)
    Hinulia spaldingi Macleay, 1977
    Lygosoma dorsale Boulenger, 1877
    Sphenomorphus spaldingi (Macleay, 1977)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus storri Rankin, 1978
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus strauchii (Boulenger, 1887)
    Lygosoma strauchii Boulenger, 1887
    Sphenomorphus strauchii (Boulenger, 1887)
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus striaticeps Storr, 1978
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus stuarti Horner, 1995
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus taeniolatus (Shaw, 1790)
    Lacerta taeniolata Shaw, 1790
    Lygosoma taeniolatum (Shaw, 1790)
    Scincus decemlineatus Lacépède, 1804
    Scincus multilineatus Lesson, 1829
    Scincus octolineatus Daudin, 1802
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus tanamiensis Storr, 1970
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus tantillus Storr, 1975
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus terrareginae Ingram & Czechura, 1990
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus uber Storr, 1969

  • uber Storr, 1969
    Minervascincus monaro Wells & Wellington, 1985
  • johnstonei Storr, 1980
     
  • orientalis Storr, 1971
    Ctenotus orientalis Storr, 1971
    • Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus vertebralis Rankin & Gillam, 1979
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus xenopleura Storr, 1981
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus youngsoni Storr, 1975
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus zastictus Storr, 1984
     
    Distribution: Australia.
    Ctenotus zebrilla Storr, 1981
     
    Distribution: Australia.
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    Hallowell, E. 1861(1860). Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U.S.N. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 12: 480-510.

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    Horner, P. & A. Fisher. 1998. Ctenotus rimacola sp.nov. (Scincidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies, from the Ord-Victorian region of northwestern Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 19: 187-200.
    Ingram, G.J. 1979. Two New Species of Skinks, Genus Ctenotus (Reptilia Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. J. Herpetol., 13(3): 279-282.
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