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Ctenotus ingrami
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. ingrami
Binomial name
Ctenotus ingrami Czechura & Wombey, 1982

Ctenotus ingrami, also known commonly as Ingram's ctenotus and the unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, ingrami, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Joseph Ingram.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ingrami is forest.

Description

C. ingrami has five digits on each of its four feet. Moderately large for its genus, average snout-to-vent length (SVL) is 6.5 cm (2.6 in), and maximum recorded SVL is 8.4 cm (3.3 in).

Behavior

C. ingrami is terrestrial.

Reproduction

C. ingrami is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Wilson, S.; Hobson, R.; Vanderduys, E.; Sanderson, C.; Dickman, C.; Venz, M. (2018). "Ctenotus ingrami ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109463598A109463603. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463598A109463603.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Ctenotus ingrami at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenotus ingrami, p. 130).
4. Czechura GV, Wombey J (1982).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Czechura GV, Wombey J (1982). "Three new striped skinks, (Ctenotus, Lacertilia, Scincidae) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20 (3): 639–645. (Ctenotus ingrami, new species, pp. 641–642 + Figure 1 + Plate I, figure 3).
• Swan G, Sadlier R, Shea G (2022). A Field Guide to Reptiles of New South Wales, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 288 pp. ISBN 978-1925546835.
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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