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Carinascincus metallicus (O'SHAUGHNESSY, 1874)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Metallic Cool-skink 
SynonymMocoa ocellata GRAY 1845: 82 (part.)
Mocoa metallica O'SHAUGHNESSY 1874: 299
Mocoa pseudocarinata O'SHAUGHNESSY 1874: 300 (part.)
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) metallicum — LUCAS & FROST 1894: 76
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) metallicum — SMITH 1937: 225
Lygosoma (Leiolepisma) metallicum — GLAUERT 1960
Lygosoma metallicum — BRATTSTROM 1971
Leiolopisma metallicum — GREER 1974
Leiolopisma metallicum — COGGER 1983: 169
Litotescincus metallica — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 33
Niveoscincus metallicus — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990
Pseudemoia metallica — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Niveoscincus metallicus — MELVILLE & SWAIN 2000
Niveoscincus metallica — COGGER 2000: 564
Carinascincus metallicus — GREER 2005 (online)
Carinascincus metallicus — COUPER et al. 2006: 380
Niveoscincus metallicus — WILSON & SWAN 2013
Carinascincus metallicus — COGGER 2014: 427
Carinascincus metallicus — KREGER et al. 2020
Niveoscincus metallicus — BRETZEL 2023 
DistributionAustralia (Tasmania, Victoria), West Pacific Islands (fide SMITH 1937)

Introduced to Hawaii (McCoy & Busack 1970, Quay 1973, Brongersma 1942)

Type locality: Tasmania.  
Reproductionovoviviparous (lecithotrophic) 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.7-14, designated by Wells & Wellington, 1985.
Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.8.10.78, from Australia [Mocoa ocellata]
Paralectotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.22, from Tas. [Mocoa pseudocarinata]. For the lectotype (BMNH 1946.8.16.21) see Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1222 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: Wet/dry sclerophyll forest, dry sclerophyll woodland, Ground, elevation 40-1000 m.

Type species: Mocoa metallica O'SHAUGHNESSY 1874 is the type species of the genus Litotescincus WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyPresumably named after the Latin metallicus (metallic) referring to the metallic sheen of the dorsal scales. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) 
References
  • Baehr, M. 1976. Beiträge zur Verbreitung und Ökologie tasmanischer Reptilien. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. (A) 292: 1-24 - get paper here
  • Brattstrom, B.H. 1971. Critical thermal maxima of some Australian skinks Copeia 1971 (3): 554-557. - get paper here
  • Bretzel, Joachim 2023. Tasmanien im Herbst. Elaphe 2023 (3): 40-45
  • Brongersma,L.D. 1942. Notes on scincid lizards. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 125-152 - get paper here
  • Chapple, D.G. & Swain, R. 2004. Caudal autotomy does not influence thermoregulatory characteristics in the metallic skink, Niveoscincus metallicus. Amphibia-Reptilia 25 (3): 326-333 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384
  • Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 2. The genus Lygosoma. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (4): 81-99 - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here
  • Greer, Allen E. 1982. A new species of Leiolopisma (Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Western Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 34 (12): 549-573 - get paper here
  • Hutchinson M N; Donnellan S C; Baverstock P R; Krieg M; Simms S; Burgin S 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38 (5): 535-554 - get paper here
  • Hutchinson M N; Schwaner T D; Medlock K 1988. A new species scincid lizard (Lygosominae: Leiolopisma) from the highlands of Tasmania. ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA PROCEEDINGS 100 1988: 67-73
  • Hutchinson,M.D. & Schwaner,T.D. 1991. Genetic relationships among the Tasmanian scincid lizards of the genus Niveoscincus. Journal of Herpetology 25 (1): 49-58 - get paper here
  • Kreger, KM, Shaban, B, Wapstra, E, Burridge, CP. 2020. Phylogeographic parallelism: Concordant patterns in closely related species illuminate underlying mechanisms in the historically glaciated Tasmanian landscape. J Biogeogr. 2020; 47: 1674–1686 - get paper here
  • Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1894. The lizards indigenous to Victoria. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. (ns) 6: 24-92 - get paper here
  • McCoy, C. J.; Busack, Stephen D. 1970. The lizards Hemidactylus frenatus and Leiolopisma metallica on the Island of Hawaii. Herpetologica 26 (3): 303 - get paper here
  • Melville, Jane; Swain, Roy 2000. Evolutionary relationships between morphology, performance and habitat openness in the lizard genus Niveoscincus (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 667–683. - get paper here
  • Melville,J. & SWAIN,R. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA-sequence based phylogeny and biogeography of the snow skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Niveoscincus) of Tasmania. Herpetologica 56 (2): 196-208 - get paper here
  • O’Shaughnessy,A.W.E. 1874. A description of a new species of Scincidae in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 13: 298-301 - get paper here
  • Quay, W. B. 1973. Geographic Spread and Habits of the Metallic Skink, Lygosoma metallicum, on Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Journal of Herpetology 7 (3): 308-309 - get paper here
  • Rawlinson, P. A. 1974. Biogeography and ecology of the reptiles of Tasmania and the Bass Strait area. In: Williams, W. D. (ed.) Biogeography and Ecology in Tasmania,Chapt. 11. The Hague: Junk, pp. 291-338 - get paper here
  • Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234
  • Taylor, R. J.;Dudley, A.;Gale, P. G. 1993. Reptiles and amphibians in sclerophyll forest surrounding Old Chum Dam in north-eastern Tasmania. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23 (1): 26-31
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Wu, Q., Fong, C.K., Thompson, M.B. and Murphy, C.R. 2014. Changes to the uterine epithelium during the reproductive cycle of two viviparous lizard species (Niveoscincus spp.). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 96: 497–509, DOI: 10.1111/azo.12096 - get paper here
 
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