Ctenotus hilli
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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. hilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenotus hilli Storr, 1970
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Ctenotus hilli, also known commonly as Hill's ctenotus and the Top-end lowlands ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, hilli, is in honor of Australian zoologist Gerald Freer Hill (1880–1954).[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of C. hilli are forest and vegetated coastal dunes.[1]
Description
[edit]C. hilli has five digits on each of its four feet.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Fenner, A.; Cogger, H.; McDonald, P. (2018). "Ctenotus hilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109463474A109463479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463474A109463479.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Ctenotus hilli 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 hilli, p. 123).
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 (1970). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 52 (4): 97–108. (Ctenotus hilli, new species, p. 103).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.