Carlia crypta SINGHAL, HOSKIN, COUPER, POTTER & MORITZ, 2018
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Carlia crypta
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Carlia crypta SINGHAL, HOSKIN, COUPER, POTTER & MORITZ 2018 |
| Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Mt Lewis SF, Forestry clearing (16° 35' 40" S, 145° 16' 27" E). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: QM J75457; Paratypes: QM J25141 Home Rule, near Home Rule Falls, S of Cooktown (15° 44' S, 145° 18' E); QM J25240, J25242 Mt Hedley slopes (15° 44' S, 145° 16' E); QM J25146 Home Rule, Mt Hedley Spur (15° 44' S, 145° 17' E); QM J50335 Home Rule (15° 44' S, 145° 17' E); QM J25293 Home Rule Falls, near (15° 44' S, 145° 18' E); QM J25198, J25199, J25200 Granite Ck to Cedar Bay, on track (15° 45' S, 145° 20' E); QM J25247, J25249 Mt Hartley, near Home Rule, S of Cooktown (15° 46' S, 145° 19' E); QM J17906 Shiptons Flat, Parrot Ck, 32– 48 km S Cooktown (15° 48' S, 145° 15' E); QM J17901, J24649, J24807 Shiptons Flat, via Cooktown (15° 48' S, 145° 16' E); QM J25296 12 Mile Scrub, Gap Ck (15° 48' 30" S, 145° 19' 30" E); QM J25209 Mt Finnigan NP, Horan Ck (15° 49' 10" S, 145° 16' 50" E); QM J75102, J75287 McDowall Range (16° 06' S, 145° 20' E); QM J50482 Windsor Tableland (16° 11' S, 145° 05' E); QM J64965 Windsor Tableland (16° 13' S, 144° 59' E); QM J92870 Daintree (16° 15' S,145° 19' E); QM J54459 Mt Spurgeon 16° 26' S, 145° 12' E); QM J55832 Mt Spurgeon, 2.5km S (16° 28' S, 145° 12' E); QM J51564 Mossman Bluff Track, 5–10km W Mossman (16° 28' S, 145° 17' E); QM J50465 Mossman Gorge NP (16° 28' S, 145° 20' E); QM J54353 Mossman (16° 28' S, 145° 23' E); QM J89877 Black Mountain Rd, Hockley (16° 36' 41" S, 145° 27' 09" E). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Carlia crypta sp. nov. is distinguished from all other Carlia spp., except other members of the ‘C. rubrigularis’ group, in possessing an interparietal fused to the frontoparietals. As with C. rubrigularis, adult males possess a red throat. It is reliably distinguished from this species by four nucleotide differences in the mitochondrial gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 that result in three amino acid differences (Table A3). |
| Comment | Habitat: Occurs in rainforest and associated moist habitats, including wet sclerophyll forest and montane heath; from sea level to the uplands, but typically absent from the highest peaks. |
| Etymology | From the Latin for hidden, referring to its morphological similarity with C. rubrigularis. |
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