Ctenotus quinkan

Ctenotus quinkan, the Quinkan ctenotus, is a species of Australian skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

Description

The skink is olive-brown in colour with an average Snout-Vent length of .

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Glen Ingram in 1979.

Distribution

The species is endemic to the area around Cooktown in Queensland in Australia. It has only been recorded in the sandstone escarpments of the Cooktown-Laura area.

Publications

• Ingram, 1979 : Two new species of skinks, genus Ctenotus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology, , No. 3, .

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