Lizards in pinstripes: morphological and genomic evidence for two new species of scincid lizards within Ctenotus piankai Storr and C. duricola Storr (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Australian arid zone Author Rabosky, Daniel L. Author Doughty, Paul Author Huang, Huateng text Zootaxa 2017 4303 1 1 26 journal article 32535 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.1 958ff34b-f5e0-4e8f-903f-2b4473bb69b3 1175-5326 840417 9E9C21C7-AB32-4A65-A2C0-1A0B826F5D64 Ctenotus Storr, 1964 Comb-eared skinks or Striped skinks Type species— Lacerta (= Ctenotus ) taeniolata White, 1790, by original designation. Diagnosis. A large group of small to medium- sized sphenomorphine scincid lizards, characterized by cylindrical body shape, long snout and tail, smooth shiny scales, eyelids without transparent window, parietals in contact, pointed ear lobules, well-developed short limbs each with five narrow digits terminating with a claw, and color pattern usually involving longitudinal stripes often with complex sides with spots and dashes. Terrestrial; diurnal; egg-laying. Distribution. Mainland Australia and C. spaldingi in southern New Guinea . Etymology. From the Greek kten (comb) and ot (ear), forming ‘comb-eared’ in reference to the conspicuous ear lobules ( Storr 1964 ).