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Scute-snouted calyptotis |
Bunya Mountains, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald |
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Calyptotis scutirostrum | ||||||
Pronunciation | KAL-ipp-TOH-tiss SKU-tee-ROSS-trum | |||||
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Etymology |
Calyptotis: 'hidden ear'
scutirostrum: "Although Wilhelm Peters did not specifically state that the name scutirostrum derived from the large frontonasal scale of the type, he described the scale and perhaps sought to emphasize it with this name."1 |
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
Description"External ear indicated by a depression that is completely scaled; Head and body relatively deep; ear a scaly, conical depression; postorbital bone present; Prefrontals usually absent."1 Similar species
Cone-eared calyptotis (Calyptotis lepidorostrum) - has prefrontal scales. |
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