Carlia fusca (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)
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Carlia fusca
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia |
| Synonym | Heteropus fuscus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 742 Heteropus leucotaenia BLEEKER 1860 (fide BOULENGER 1887) Heteropus tricarinatus MEYER 1874: 8 (fide ZUG 2004) Heteropus tricarinatus var. striata MEYER 1874 (nomen dubium fide ZUG 2004) Heteropus fuscus — GÜNTHER 1877: 414 Lygosoma fuscum — BOULENGER 1895: 30 Lygosoma fuscum — GARMAN 1901: 7 Lygosoma (Liolepisma) fuscum — STERNFELD 1918: 403 Leiolopisma fuscum — DUNN 1927 Leiolopisma fusca — BURT & BURT 1932 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) fuscum — SMITH 1937: 225 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) fuscum fuscum — BRONGERSMA 1948: 490 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) fuscum jamnanum LOVERIDGE 1948: 363 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) fuscum fuscum — TANNER 1950 Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) fuscum — TANNER 1952: 10 Leiolopisma fuscum — WILHOFT 1961 Carlia fuscum — DRYDEN & TAYLOR 1969 Carlia fusca — MYS 1988: 129 Carlia fusca — ADLER, AUSTIN & DUDLEY 1995 Carlia fusca — DOLMAN & HUGALL 2008 |
| Distribution | Admirality Islands, Indonesia (Kai = Kei) Islands, Halmahera, Morotai), Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya), Waigeo. For detailed localities see Mys 1988. Type locality: Waigeo and Rawack islands; restricted to Waigeo by ZUG (2004: 39). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: MNHN-RA 3036, designated by Guibé (1954) by presumption of Holotype (see Brygoo 1985, Zug 2004) Holotype: MCZ 7677 [jamnanum] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): limbs well-developed with manus reduced to four digits; lower eyelid with a transparent palpebral disc; supranasal scales absent; rostral–frontonasal suture as wide as, or wider than the frontal; frontoparietal scales fused; interparietal small and distinct; ear-opening with enlarged lobules; dorsal body scales strongly keeled; males with conspicuous breeding colours on flanks (Ingram & Covacevich 1989; Cogger 2000; Dolman and Hugall 2008; Wilson and Swan 2008) [fom HOSKIN & COUPER 2012; this may be a partial diagnosis, not including all species]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 5113 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Listed as Carlia beccarii by COLIJN’s web site on Indonesia. Carlia beccarii has been removed from the synonymy of Carlia fusca by ZUG (2004: 40). Synonymy partly after ZUG 2004. Heteropus luctuosus PETERS & DORIA 1878: 364 has been removed from the synonymy of C. fusca and is now considered as a valid species. Type species: Heteropus fuscus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839 is the type species of the genus Carlia GRAY 1845: 271 (FITZINGER 1843; ZUG 2004). Mocoa melanopogon is the type species of the genus Carlia GRAY 1845 (fide GREER 1974). Phylogeny: Bragg et al. 2018 presented a phylogeny of the genera Lygisaurus, Liburnascincus, and Carlia. For a phylogenetic analysis of Papuan Lygisaurus, see Probst et al. 2025. Distribution: not listed for the Solomon Islands (Bougainville Island) by McCoy 2015 although it was listed by McCoy 2000. Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
| Etymology | Named after the Latin word “fuscus” = tawny or dusky. The origin of the genus name remains unclear as it was not explicitly stated by Gray (1845), but likely to be a meaningless but euphonious combination of letters, as with many of Gray's generic names. |
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