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Ctenotus eurydice
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ctenotus
Species:	C. eurydice
Binomial name
Ctenotus eurydice Czechura & Wombey, 1982

Ctenotus eurydice, also known commonly as the brown-backed yellow-lined ctenotus, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, eurydice, refers to the Greek mythological character Eurydice, wife of Orpheus.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. eurydice is rocky areas.

Description

C. eurydice has well-developed limbs, with five toes on each of its four feet.

Reproduction

C. eurydice is oviparous.

References

1. ^ Shea, G.; Wilson, S. (2018). "Ctenotus eurydice". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T109463349A109463354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109463349A109463354.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. ^ Ctenotus eurydice at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ctenotus eurydice, p. 86).

Further reading

• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Czechura GV, Wombey JC (1982). "Three new striped skinks (Ctenotus, Lacertilia, Scincidae) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 639–645. (Ctenotus eurydice, new species).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.

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