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Liburnascincus scirtetis (INGRAM & COVACEVICH, 1980)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black Mountain Rainbow-skink 
SynonymCarlia scirtetis INGRAM & COVACEVICH in BAILEY & STEVENS 1980: 45
Carlia scirtetis — COGGER 1983: 140
Carlia scirtetis — INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1989
Carlia scirtetis — COGGER 2000: 399
Carlia scirtetis — COUPER et al. 2006
Liburnascincus scirtetis — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008 
DistributionAustralia (Queensland)

Type locality: Black Mt., Black Trevethan Range approximately 20 km S of Cooktown, in 15° 40’ S: 145° 24’ E, NE Qld.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMV D12092 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “A large, dark, long-legged, rock-dwelling Carlia distinguished from all members of this genus except C. coensis and C. rimula sp. nov., in having smoothly curved posterior edges to the mid-dorsal scales, weakly tricarinate (very occasionally quadricarinate) dorsal scales and: carinations composed of 2-4 small points. C. scirtetis may be distinguished from C. coensis by its pointed ear lobules (vs rounded lobules in C. coensis) and by juvenile colour pattern (dark, lightly speckled pattern in C. scirtetis vs strongly achromatic pattern in C. coensis). It is easily distinguished from C. rimula sp. nov. by size (maximum snout-vent length 62.0 vs 39.0), mid-body scale count (40-45 vs 26-30), long limbs and digits (vs short limbs and digits), colour and pattern (see descriptions).” (Ingram & Covacevich 1980)


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CommentDistribution: see map in HOSKIN & COUPER 2015 (Fig. 1).

Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). 
EtymologyFrom the Greek verb skirtao (to bound or leap), referring to the behaviour of this rock-dwelling skink. (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
  • 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
  • HOSKIN, CONRAD J. & PATRICK J. COUPER 2015. A new skink (Scincidae: Liburnascincus) from rocky habitat on Cape York, northeast Australia. Zootaxa 3994 (2): 222–234 - get paper here
  • Ingram G; Covacevich J 1989. Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27 (2): 443-490 - get paper here
  • Ingram, G. J. & Covacevich, J. 1980. Two new lygosomine skinks endemic to Cape York Peninsula. In: Stevens, N. C. & Bailey, A. (eds.) Contemporary Cape York. Brisbane: Royal Society of Queensland, pp. 45-48.
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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