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Carlia spinauris (SMITH, 1927)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLygosoma spinauris SMITH 1927: 218
Lygosoma (Leiolepisma) fuscum spinauris — BRONGERSMA 1942: 142
Carlia spinauris — ZUG 2010
Carlia spinauris — ZUG & KAISER 2014 
DistributionIndonesia (Lelogama), Timor-Leste

Type locality: at Lelogama, according to Smith 1927 a wooded hilly area (750 m elevation).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.17.58 (1926.10.30.60) 
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Comment 
EtymologyPresumably from the Latin spina (thorn) plus auris (ear), and in reference to the spinose lobules around the ear margin. "Ear-opening ….. with pointed lobules all round its border, the anterior the largest" (Smith, 1927). 
References
  • Brongersma,L.D. 1942. Notes on scincid lizards. Zoologische Mededelingen 24: 125-152 - get paper here
  • Kaiser, Hinrich; Venancio Lopes Carvalho, Jester Ceballos, Paul Freed, Scott Heacox, Barbara Lester, Stephen J. Richards, Colin R. Trainor, Caitlin Sanchez, Mark O’Shea 2011. The herpetofauna of Timor-Leste: a first report. ZooKeys 109: 19-86 - get paper here
  • Smith, M. A. 1927. Contribution to the herpetology of the Indo-Australian Region. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1: 199-225.
  • ZUG, GEORGE R. 2010. An outlying Carlia population from Java and comments on species groups within the genus Carlia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61(7-18): 389-408 - get paper here
  • Zug, George R. and Hinrich Kaiser 2014. A new species of four-toed skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Carlia peronii species group) from Pulau Sukur, Indonesia, and biogeographic notes on the herpetofauna of Flores and Komodo. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (4): 379-392, doi: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.379 - get paper here
 
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