Bar-shouldered Ctenotus

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South East Arnhem Land plants and animals
Fat skink (© SE Arnhem Land plants and animals)

Nomenclature

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Language Names

Like geckos and dragons, we could only find "group" names in traditional languages for the skinks. This one is in the Fat Skinks Group.

Language  :                                   Name

Kriol            :                                   Lisid

Marra          :                                   Gabilili

Ritharrŋu/Wägilak     :                  Gudutjurrk

Ngandi                        :                  A-garlarlgarlarl

Wubuy                         :                 Alwaj; Alaj

Ngalakgan                  :                  Rlokrlok

Alawa                           :                 Garlarl-garlarl

Rembarrga                  :                 Ngubinyjung; Rlokrlok

 

Scientific Name         :                 Ctenotus inornatus

English                        :                  Bar-shouldered Ctenotus

 

Other skinks found in South East Arnhem Land included in this group are:

Fat Skinks: Northern Bar-lipped Skink, Northern Mulch Skink, Bar-tailed Bar-lipped Skink, Bar-shouldered Ctenotus, Robust Ctenotus, Elegant Ctenotus, Port Essington Ctenotus, Leopard Ctenotus and the Northern Blue Tongued Lizard.

Small Skinks: Lined Fire-tail Skink, Storr's Snake-eyed Skink, Northern Dwarf Skink (Menetia maini and Menetia greyii), Ornate Soil-crevice Skink, Metallic Snake-eyed Skink, Northern Soil-crevice Skink and Spadling's Ctenotus.

Rainbow Skinks (Carlia) are another type of Small Skinks: Desert Rainbow Skink, Shaded-litter Rainbow Skink, Bauxite Rainbow Skink and Slender Rainbow Skink. 

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How It Looks (species Description)

Snout-vent length: 110mm

Obvious black stripe down back with a cream/yellow edge, and obvious pale side stripe from above eye to half way along tail.

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Where It Lives (habitat)

Active diurnally, it finds shelter underground.
It is an inhabitant to sandstone hills in western escarpment in Arnhem Land.

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What It Eats (diet)

Its diet are small invertebrates, including termites and smaller skinks. 

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Taxonomy from

  • Kingdom: ANIMALIA
  • Phylum: CHORDATA
  • Subphylum: VERTEBRATA
  • Informal: GNATHOSTOMATA
  • Class: REPTILIA
  • Subclass: LEPIDOSAURIA
  • Order: SQUAMATA
  • Suborder: LACERTILIA
  • Family: SCINCIDAE
  • Genus: Ctenotus
  • Species: Ctenotus inornatus

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"Fat skink" (© SE Arnhem Land plants and animals)

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