Lygisaurus parrhasius (COUPER, COVACEVICH & LETHBRIDGE, 1994)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Fire-tailed Rainbow-skink
Synonym	Carlia parrhasius COUPER, COVACEVICH & LETHBRIDGE 1994 Carlia parrhasius — COGGER 2000: 749 Carlia parrhasius — COUPER et al. 2006 Lygisaurus parrhasius — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008
Distribution	Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Type locality: Azure Creek, at 140+/-20m, Glennie Tableland, Cape York Peninsula, 12° 21.96' S, 142° 56.71 'E, ~250m elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: QM J57868, FNEQ, P.J. Lethbridge & J.W. Winter, 25 Apr 1993. PARATYPES: QMJ57867, QMJ57869, 24 Apr 1993. Other collection details as for holotype.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Body black and white striped with fire-red tail is a unique colour pattern in Carlia. Dorsal scales with weak carinations made up of a series of points, and long, acute ear lobules are shared with 2 (of ) species restricted to rock habitats (c. rimula, C. scirtetis) which also have distinct colour patterns (Ingram & Covacevich, 1989), but bear no resemblance to C. parrhasius.
Comment	Not listed by COGGER 198. Not listed in FRANK & RAMUS 1995: 180.
Etymology	For the Greek artist, Parrhasius, a master of deception through his work.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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 J; Covacevich J A; Lethbridge P J 1994. Carlia parrhasius, a new Queensland skink. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35 (1): 31-33 - get paper here 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 Dolman, Gaynor & Andrew F. Hugall 2008. Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of a rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782-794 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Lygisaurus… Google images

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