Lancelin Island skink explained

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

Etymology

The specific name, lancelini, refers to Lancelin Island, Western Australia.^[1]

Description

C. lancelini may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . Dorsally, it is brown on the body, fading to gray on the tail. The flanks are striped and spotted with black and white. The legs are yellow or orange, with dark brown streaks.^[2]

Geographic range

C. lancelini is found on Lancelin Island.

Habitat and behavior

The preferred natural habitat of C. lancelini is rocky areas of grassland and shrubland, where it shelters under limestone slabs and in burrows of seabirds.

Reproduction

C. lancelini is oviparous.

Taxonomy

C. lancelini is a member of the C. labillardieri species group.

See also

• Lancelin, Western Australia

Further reading

• Book: Harold Cogger . Cogger . HG . 2014 . Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia . 7 . Clayton, Victoria, Australia . CSIRO Publishing . xxx + 1,033 . 978-0643100350.
• Julian Ralph Ford . Ford . J . 1969 . Distribution and variation of the skink Ctenotus labillardieri (Gray) of southwestern Australia . Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia . 51 . 3 . 68–75.
• Book: Glen Milton Storr . Storr . GM . Lawrence A. Smith . Smith . LA . Ronald Eric Johnstone . Johnstone . RE . 1999 . Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks . Revised . Perth . Western Australian Museum . 291 . 978-0730726562.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bo Beolens . Beolens . Bo . Michael Watkins (zoologist) . Watkins . Michael . Michael Grayson . Grayson . Michael . 2011 . The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Baltimore . Johns Hopkins University Press . xiii + 296 . 978-1-4214-0135-5.
2. Book: Steve K. Wilson . Wilson . S . Gerry Swan . Swan . G . 2023 . A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition . Sydney . Reed New Holland Publishers . 688 . 978-1-92554-671-2.