Wedgesnout Ctenotus

About the Wedgesnout Ctenotus

Ctenotus brooksi, also known commonly as Brooks' wedge-snouted ctenotus, the wedgesnout ctenotus, and the sandhill ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia and found in semi-arid regions.

C. brooksi can reach a total length (including the tail) of 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in), noting that lizard measurements are often recorded using the snout-to-vent length (SVL) in recognition that many lizards lose and regrow their tails. C. brooksi has a SVL of 5 cm (2.0 in).

Likely due to the distribution of C. brooksi across isolated populations, there is a large amount of variation in colour and pattern. This variation is significantly more than other Ctenotus species. Its colour varies from fawn, orange, pink, to a reddish brown, changing slightly to a more grey-green on the tail, with a lighter colour underside. It may have a narrow pale-edged black vertical stripe from nape to tail, with or without an additional black stripe or dark flecks on each side of the vertebral stripe. Some individuals may have a white mid-lateral stripe from groin to ear. It supralabials (scales on its upper lip) are usually whitish with faint... Wikipedia →