Ctenotus coggeri
| Ctenotus coggeri | |
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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. coggeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus coggeri Sadlier, 1985
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The brown-backed ctenotus (Ctenotus coggeri), also known commonly as Cogger's ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. coggeri is forest.[1]
Description
[edit]C. coggeri is heavy-bodied and large for its genus. The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 8.0 cm (3.1 in).[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gillespie, G.; Woinarski, J.C.Z.; McDonald, P.; Cogger, H.; Fenner, A. (2018). "Ctenotus coggeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109463146A109463149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463146A109463149.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ctenotus coggeri 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. ("Cogger's Ctenotus Ctenotus coggeri ", p. 56).
- ^ Sadlier RA (1985).
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.
- Sadlier RA (1985). "A New Australian scincid lizard, Ctenotus coggeri, from the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory". Records of the Australian Museum 36 (3): 153–156.
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.