Ctenotus quinkan

The Quinkan ctenotus (Ctenotus quinkan) is a species of Australian skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

Description
The skink is olive-brown in colour with an average Snout-Vent length of 55 to 80 mm.

Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by Glen Ingram in 1979.

Distribution
The species is endemic to the area around Cooktown in Queensland in Australia. It has only been recorded in the sandstone escarpments of the Cooktown-Laura area.

Publications

 * Ingram, 1979 : Two new species of skinks, genus Ctenotus (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Scincidae), from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Herpetology, vol. 13, No. 3, p. 279-282.