Carinascincus orocryptus (HUTCHINSON, SCHWANER & MEDLOCK, 1988)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Heath Cool-skink, Mountain Skink
Synonym	Leiolopisma orocryptum HUTCHINSON et al. 1988 Niveoscincus orocryptus — HUTCHINSON et al. 1990 Pseudemoia orocrypta — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Niveoscincus orocryptus — MELVILLE & SWAIN 2000 Niveoscincus orocrypta — COGGER 2000: 567 Carinascincus orocryptus — GREER 2005 (online) Carinascincus orocryptus — COUPER et al. 2006: 380 Niveoscincus orocryptus — WILSON & SWAN 2013 Niveoscincus orocryptus — COGGER 2014: 429
Distribution	Australia (Tasmania) Type locality: High Camp Memorial Hut on Mt Anne Trail, upper slopes of Mt Eliza, 970 m, Tasmania (42°58’S 146°24’E)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) C685 (MN Hutchinson & TD Schwaner, 31.i.1987).
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: Arboreal, Sub-alpine sclerophyll woodland, elevation 1100 m.
Etymology	The specific name comes from the Greek oros (mountain) and kryptos (hidden), referring to the fact that the species has remained hitherto undetected in its montane habitat (Hutchinson et al., 1988). (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	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 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 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 Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-55K8AV?open http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Niveoscincus… Google images

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