Ctenotus delli, also known commonly as the Darling Range south-west ctenotus or the Darling Range southwest ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia.
Etymology The specific name, delli, is in honor of Australian herpetologist John Dell.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ctenotus delli, p. 69).
Geographic range C. delli is found in the south-west corner of the Australian state of Western Australia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of C. delli are forest and rocky areas.
Description Small for its genus, the average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of C. delli is . The average tail length is about one and two thirds SVL.
Reproduction C. delli is oviparous.
Taxonomy C. delli is a member of the C. labillardieri species group.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Kay GM, Keogh JS (2012). "Molecular phylogeny and morphological revision of the Ctenotus labillardieri (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) species group and a new species of immediate conservation concern in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot". Zootaxa 3390: 1–18. Storr GM (1974). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia: Scincidae) in the South-west and Eucla Divisions of Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 56: 86–93. (Ctenotus delli, new species, p. 92). Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .