''Ctenotus ingrami'', also known commonly as Ingram's ctenotus and the unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus, is a species of

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in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

Etymology

The

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, ''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

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s on each of its four feet. Moderately large for its genus, average snout-to-vent length (SVL) is , and maximum recorded SVL is . Czechura GV, Wombey J (1982).

Behavior

''C. ingrami'' is terrestrial.

Reproduction

''C. ingrami'' is

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References

* Cogger HG (2014). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition''. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . * 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. . *

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