Ctenotus alleni, also known commonly as the Ajana ctenotus and Allen's ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.[2]
| Ctenotus alleni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ctenotus |
| Species: | C. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus alleni Storr, 1974
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Etymology
editThe specific name, alleni, is in honour of Nicholas T. Allen, who collected the holotype.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of C. alleni are savanna and shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b How, R.; Cowan, M.; Teale, R. (2017). "Ctenotus alleni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T109462885A109462888. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109462885A109462888.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ctenotus alleni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ 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 alleni, p. 6).
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Storr GM (1974). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 56: 86–93. (Ctenotus alleni, new species).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.