Lancelin Island skink

The Lancelin Island skink (Ctenotus lancelini), also known commonly as the Lancelin south-west ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.^[1]

Lancelin Island skink
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. lancelini
Binomial name
Ctenotus lancelini Ford, 1969
Synonyms[2]
Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini Ford, 1969 Ctenotus lancelini — Cogger, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.^[3]

Geographic range

C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.^[2]

Reproduction

C. lancelini is oviparous.^[2]

See also

• Lancelin Island
• Lancelin, Western Australia

References

1. Gaikhorst, G.; Lloyd, R.; Craig, M. (2020). "Ctenotus lancelini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T5861A167868572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T5861A167868572.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Ctenotus lancelini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 lancelini, p. 150).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Ford J (1969). "Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia". J. Royal Soc. Western Australia 51 (3): 68–75. (Ctenotus labillardieri lancelini, new subspecies, p. 69).
• 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, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.