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Appendix 1 . Museum material examined. 
Southern Ctenophorus decresii 
SAM R11358-9, Tea Tree Gully (34°49'S 138°45'E); SAM R12075, Sandy Creek (34°36'S 138°49'E); SAM R13517B, Horsnell Gully National Park 
(34°56'S 138°43'E); SAM R13968, Black Hill Conservation Park (34°53'S 138°43'E); SAM R23528, Harveys Return, Kangaroo Island (35°45'S 136°38’E); 
SAM R32772-3, SAM R32777-8, 4 km W Purnong, towards Mannum (34°51'S 139°35'E); SAM R37486, 0.7 km S Snake Lagoon, Kangaroo Island 
(35°57'36"S 136°39'20"E); SAM R42978, Para River Gorge (34°41'S 138°51'E); SAM R43155, W Trig Point, Black Hill Conservation Park (34°53'S 
138°43'E); SAM R45128, Boat Harbour Creek, 1.5 km E Tapanappa Rocks (35°37'56"S 138°16'35"E); SAM R53691, 2.3 km ESE Tapanappa Hill 
(35°38'01"S 138°16'35"E); SAMR53785, Highland Valley, 7.5 kmNNE Strathalbyn(35°ll'40"S 138°55T0"E); SAMR54725; SAMR54830, ParaWirra 
Conservation Park (35°40T0"S 138°49T2"E); SAM R54876, Cudlee Creek Conservation Park (34°50'06"S 138°50'34"E); SAM R54887, Montacute 
Conservation Park (34°53'15" S 138°47'23"E); SAM R54926,Anstey Hill Recreation Park (34°50'04"S 138°43'55"E); SAMR55041,2.3kmWNWBlewitt 
Springs (35°09'36"S 138°34'41"E); SAM R55108-10, Para Wirra Conservation Park (34°43'S 138°48'E); SAM R57376, 0.8 km WNW Monarto Post 
Office(35°03T4"S 139 o 06’02"E); SAMR62491,1.9kmSSWKanmantoo(35°05T2"S 139°00T6"E); SAMR62501,2.3kmSSWKanmantoo(35°05T6"S 
138°59 , 51"E);AMS R81637, AMS R81662-4, AMS R83248, King George Beach, Kangaroo Island (35°39’S 137°07'E); R81638-41, AMS R81665, AMS 
R83249, Stokes Bay, Kangaroo Island (35°37’S 137°12'E); AMS R92117, Adelaide (34°56'S 138°36'E); N = 40. 
Northern Ctenophorus decresii 
NMV D13399, 12.8 km S Hawker (31°59'S 138°25'E); NMV D16515, Alligator Gorge (32°45'S 138°03'E); NMV D3411, 3413-4, unknown location; 
SAM R11357, 20 miles N Peterborough (32°41'S 138°50'E); SAM R12910, Olary Spur (32°17'S 140°20'E); SAM R13797, Oulnina Station, 16 miles 
SW Manna Hill (32°34'S 139°52'E); SAM R34386, Dare’s Ruin near Moorowie reservoir NE Burra (33°17'S 139°04'E); SAM R40690, 2-3, Mallaby 
Station creekline 6 km WSW sugarloaf hill (33°38'S 139°01'E); SAM R40708, Stone Chimney Creek, 2 km E Burra (33°40'S 138°57'E); SAM R41167, 
1 km W Braemer Homestead (33°1E00"S 139°37T0"E); SAM R41193, 1.8 km SE Tilkilki Homestead (33°05T0"S 139°16'20"E); SAM R41208, 3.5 
km E Pandappa (33°10'20"S 139°07'50"E); SAM R41630-1, 2 km E Burra (33°40'30"S 138°57'41"E); SAM R41637-8, 6 km SW Stewarts Old Station 
(33°07'28"S 139°11'47"E); SAM R44217, Accommodation Hill, 40 km W Blanchtown (34°23'S 139°11'E); SAM R44221, Wilpena Creek (31°31’S 
138°39’E); SAM R44452-3, Beetaloo Reservoir (33°11'S 138°12'E); SAM R46292, 3.6 km N Mount Brown (32 0 28'31"S 138°00T5"E); SAM R51757, 
1.77 km S Yudnamutana Bore (30°10’S 139°16'40"E); SAM R51819, 350m WSW Mudlapena Springs (30°36'38"S 138°48T1"E); SAM R51988, 4.1 
km N Warden Hill (30°24'23"S 139°13'29"E); SAM R52169, 71, 3.2 km S Partawarta bore, Narrina Station (30°57'30"S 138°43'29"E); SAM R52283, 
8 km NNE Willow Springs Homestead (31°23'42"S 138°48'39"E), SAM R52892, 5.7 km SSE Gammon Hill (30°28'06"S 139°02'09"E); SAM R52910, 
3.8 km WSW Benbonyathe (30°25’40"S 139°08'42"E); SAM R52935, 7.4 km ESE Mt Serle (30°31T2"S 138°58'26"E); SAM R53001, 4.6 km NE Mt 
Freeling Height (30°06'39"S 139°24'57"E); SAM R53083-4, 5 km E Mt Elm (31°54’25"S 138 0 21'36"E); SAM R53106, 3.2 km SSW Dutchmans Peak 
(32°20'33"S 137°56'31"E); SAM R53112, 1.9 km N Dutchmans Peak (32°18'H"S 137°57'47"E); SAM R53171, 4.5 km NE Callory Bore (31°46'41"S 
138°48T1"E); SAMR53217, 1.7 km SW Wilpena Chalet (31 °32'35"S 138°35'24"E); SAM R53225, 5 km W Wilpena Chalet (31°31’55"S 138°32'53"E); 
SAM R53234, 5.5 km WNW Wilpena Chalet (31°30'22"S 138°33’07"E); SAM R53260,4.5 km ENE Telowie (33°02'31"S 139°07'23"E); SAM R53269, 
7.2 km E Telowie (33°03'11"S 138°08'38"E); SAMR57125, MulgaHill (31 o 01'00"S 135°38'00"E); SAM R57139-54, unknown location. Flinders Ranges, 
SAM R58317, 3 km SSW World’s End (33°51'48"S 139°02'48"E); SAM R60607, 2.5 km NW Blue Dam (32°04'02"S 140°20'00"E); SAM R60994, 5.5 
km NNW Calico Bore (31°58T6"S 140°13'56"E); SAM R62521-2,4.9 km W Havelock, Chace Range (31 °39'55"S 138°40'59"E); SAMR63934,3.2 km 
WNW Weeroona Homestead (34°00'26"S 138 0 57'41"E); SAM R65298, 6.8 km SW Old Manunda Homestead (32°57T1"S 139°43'08"E); SAM R65475, 
2.76 km S Tourilie Hill (33°26'29"S 139°06T0"E); N = 70. 
Ctenophorus fionni 
SAM R12924A, B, Lincoln National Park, Eyre Peninsula (34°55'S 135°55’E); SAM R12929A, B, D, Middleback Range, S Iron Baron (33°03’S 137°09'E); 
SAM R12930A, Marble Range, Eyre Peninsula (34°27'S 135°30'E); SAMR13054, South Tent Hill, 15 miles WNW Port Augusta (32°24’S 137°31'E); SAM 
R13323, Eucolo Creek, W Pimba (31°12'S 136°32'E); SAM R13900B, Mt Wedge (33°29'S 135°09'E); SAM R61590, North Neptune Island (35°13'56"S 
136°03’51"E); SAM R61596, South Neptune Island (35°19'34"S 136°06'45"E); SAM R61808, North Pearson Island (33°57'40"S 134°16T0"E); SAM 
R62676, 15.8 km E Hessa Homestead (32°07’54"S 137°34'57"E); SAM R62709, 13.2 km ENE Tallowan Hill (31°26'35"S 130°43'53"E); SAM R66622, 
10.1 km NW Cowell (33°36'56"S 136°51'20"E); N = 15. 
Ctenophorus vadnappa 
SAM R51778, 10.4 km SW Yudnamutana Bore (30°13'20"S 139°11'31"E); SAM R51805, 9 km SSE Mudlapena Springs (30°41'23"S 138°48'57"E); 
SAM R51870,2.9 km WNW Mount Fitton(29°58'37"S 139°33’57"E); SAMR51905, 1.8 km NNW Nudlamutana Well (30°21'44"S 139°20'47"E); SAM 
R51910,3.2 km SW Stubb’s Waterhole (30°19'37"S 139°22'41"E); SAMR51916,0.5 km NW Nudlamutana Well (30°22'27"S 139 o 2F02"E); SAMR51970, 
7.2 km SW Four Comers Bore (29°54’44"S 138°50’38"E); SAM R52000, 4.2 km NNE Warden Hill (30°24'20"S 139°13'42"E); SAM R52021, 3.8 km S 
Warden Hill (30°28’35"S 139°12’59"E); SAM R52164 location data unknown; SAM R52213, 0.4 km W Horn Camp Ruin, Alpana Station (31°06’44"S 
138°36'56"E); SAM R52321, 7.6 km ESE Molkegna Bore (30°58'31"S 138°50'05"E); SAM R64523,6.7 km NNE Nantawarrina Homestead (30°49T4"S 
138°58'30"E); SAMR65424,13 km WSW Wertaloona Homestead (30°41’08" S 139°13’01"E); SAMR64632,5.6 km NNW the John Crossing (30°39T4"S 
139°06'47"E);N= 15. 
