Carlia fusca (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)
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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 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]. Additional details (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. Distribution: not listed for the Solomon Islands (Bougainville Island) by McCoy 2015 although it was listed by McCoy 2000. |
Etymology | Named after the Latin word “fuscus” = tawny or dusky. |
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