Ctenotus pantherinus

Ctenotus pantherinus, commonly known as the leopard ctenotus, is a species of skink endemic to central and western Australia.[2][3][1] Ctenotus Pantherinus is commonly known to reproductively be the only species (within the Ctenotus genus) to have a female be smaller in size in comparison to their male counterparts. This has allowed them to both adequately adapt to their environment, as well as, caused them to sustain their population growth.[4]

Leopard ctenotus
Ctenotus pantherinus ocellifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ctenotus
Species:
C. pantherinus
Binomial name
Ctenotus pantherinus
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Lygosoma pantherinum
    Peters, 1866
  • Egernia whitei carnarae
    Kinghorn, 1931
  • Lygosoma breviunguis
    Kinghorn, 1932

Subspecies

Ctenotus pantherinus has four subspecies:

  • Ctenotus pantherinus pantherinus
  • C. p. acripes
  • C. p. calx
  • C. p. ocellifer

References
  1. Gaikhorst, G.; Ford, S.; Cowan, M. & How, R. (2017). "Leopard Ctenotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109464022A109464042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109464022A109464042.en.
  2. "Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866)". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. "Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. Gordon, C. E., et al. "What factors allow opportunistic nocturnal activity in a primarily diurnal desert lizard (Ctenotus pantherinus)?" Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 156, no. 2, 2010, pp. 255–261, doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.02.007. James, C. D. "Annual Variation in Reproductive Cycles of Scincid Lizards (Ctenotus) in Central Australia." Copeia, vol. 1991, no. 3, 1991, p. 744, doi:10.2307/1446402. James, Craig D. "Growth Rates and Ages at Maturity of Sympatric Scincid Lizards (Ctenotus) in Central Australia." Journal of Herpetology, vol. 25, no. 3, 1991, pp. 284–345. ---. "Population Dynamics, Demography, and Life History of Sympatric Scincid Lizards." Herpetologica, vol. 47, no. 2, June 1991, pp. 194–210. ---. "Temporal variation in diets and trophic partitioning by coexisting lizards (Ctenotus: Scincidae) in central Australia." Oecologia, vol. 85, no. 4, 1991, pp. 553–561. PIANKA, E. R., and S. E. GOODYEAR. "Lizard responses to wildfire in arid interior Australia: Long-term experimental data and commonalities with other studies." Austral Ecology, vol. 37, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1–11, doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02234.x.


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