The brown-backed ctenotus (Ctenotus coggeri), also known commonly as Cogger's ctenotus, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory.
Etymology The specific name, coggeri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Harold Cogger.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Cogger's Ctenotus Ctenotus coggeri ", p. 56).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. coggeri is forest.
Description C. coggeri is heavy-bodied and large for its genus. The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) is .Sadlier RA (1985).
Reproduction C. coggeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. . Sadlier RA (1985). "A New Australian scincid lizard, Ctenotus coggeri, from the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory". Records of the Australian Museum 36 (3): 153–156. Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. .