Liburnascincus coensis (MITCHELL, 1953)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | Coen Rainbow-skink |
Synonym | Leiolopisma coense MITCHELL 1953 Carlia coensis — COGGER 1983: 138 Carlia coensis — INGRAM & COVACEVICH 1989 Carlia coensis — COGGER 2000: 392 Carlia coensis — COUPER et al. 2006 Liburnascincus coensis — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008 |
Distribution | Australia (Queensland) Type locality: Coen, N Qld. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 37171 |
Diagnosis | Definition (Liburnascincus): The clade comprising Liburnascincus coensis, Wells and Wellington, 1984, and all organisms or species that share a more recent common ancestor with Liburnascincus coensis than with Carlia munda or Lygisaurus foliorum. Description (Liburnascincus): A genus of the Carlia group of skinks, maximum adult SVL ranging from 56 to 68 mm, body robust to dorsoventrally flattened, limbs long and sprawling, usually 7 supralabials, dorsal body scales weakly to strongly keeled, sexes similar in colour and pattern, males without bright colours, usually 13 premaxillary teeth (Ingram and Covacevich, 1989). |
Comment | Type species: Leiolopisma coense MITCHELL 1953 is the type species of the genus Liburnascincus Wells and Wellington, 1984. Phylogeny: Bragg et al. 2018 presented a phylogeny of the genera Lygisaurus, Liburnascincus, and Carlia. Distribution: see map in HOSKIN & COUPER 2015 (Fig. 1). |
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