Ctenotus joanae, also known commonly as the blacksoil ctenotus and the black-soil ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae (skinks). The species is endemic to Australia.
Etymology The specific name, joanae, is in honor of Australian zoologist Joan Maureen Dixon.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ctenotus joanae, p. 135).
Geographic range In Australia, C. joanae is found in the Northern Territory and in the states of Queensland and South Australia.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. joanae is grassland.
Description C. joanae has five digits on each of its four feet. The prefrontal scales are separated, and the subdigital lamellae are bluntly keeled.Wilson S, Swan G (2023). A Complete Guide to the Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland. 688 pp. . (Ctenotus joanae, pp. 276–277). Heavy-bodied for its genus, it may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction C. joanae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . (Ctenotus joanae, p. 148). Storr GM (1970) ("1969"). "The genus Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in the Northern Territory". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 52 (4): 97–108. (Ctenotus joanae, new species, p. 102). Storr GM (1978). "Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) of Queensland". Records of the Western Australian Museum 6 (3): 319–332. (Ctenotus joanae, p. 332).