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Carlia luctuosa (PETERS & DORIA, 1878)

IUCN Red List - Carlia luctuosa - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymHeteropus luctuosus PETERS & DORIA 1878: 364
Lygosoma atrogulare OGILBY 1890: 94
Lygosoma nigrigulare BOULENGER 1898: 700
Carlia luctuosa — ZUG 2004: 50 
DistributionPapua New Guinea (Central Province from Kapakapa westward to Angabunga River area, elevation 0-1500 m).

Type locality: “al Monte Epa nel S.E. Nuova Guinea, poco lonanto dall’ Isola Yule”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MSNG 28021
Syntypes: MSNG 29142 [nigrigulare] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3663 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after ZUG 2004. 
EtymologyNamed probably after the Latin adjective “luctuosus” = sorrowful or mournful, presumably referring to the black “hood” of adults. 
References
  • Austin, Christopher C.; Eric N. Rittmeyer; Lauren A. Oliver; John O. Andermann; George R. Zug; Gordon H. Rodda; Nathan D. Jackson 2011. The bioinvasion of Guam: inferring geographic origin, pace, pattern and process of an invasive lizard (Carlia) in the Pacific using multi-locus genomic data. Biol Invasions 13:1951–1967 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 18: 694—710 [1897?] - get paper here
  • 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
  • Ogilby, J. Douglas 1890. Report on a zoological collection from British New Guinea. Part I. Reptiles, batrachians, and fishes. Rec. Austral. Mus. 1 (5): 89-104 - get paper here
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig and G. Doria. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn. nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. ser. 1, 13: 323-450 - get paper here
  • Zug,G. R. 2004. Systematics of the Carlia “fusca” lizards (Squamata: Scincidae) of New Guinea and Nearby Islands. Bishop Mus. Bull. Zool. 5: 1-83
 
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