Carlia quinquecarinata (MACLEAY, 1877)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Five-carinated Rainbow Skink |
Synonym | Heteropus quinquecarinatus MACLEAY 1877: 67 Carlia quinquecarinata — DONNELLAN et al. 2009 Carlia quinquecarinata — WILSON & SWAN 2010 |
Distribution | Australia (Darnley Island [= Erub Island] (9°35'S, 143°46'E) Torres Strait and probably also Murray Island (9°56'S, 144°04'E). This taxon may also occur in New Guinea (see discussion in DONNELLAN et al. 2009). Type locality: Darnley Is., Torres Strait, Qld (9°35'S, 143°46'E). |
Reproduction | oviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Lectotype: AMS (AM) R31873; (formerly MAMU R98, part), lectotype designated by Ingram & Covacevich, 1989. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A large, heavy-bodied member of the C. fusca group usually possessing large, longitudinally aligned, dark- edged, pale dashes on the dorsum and a midlateral line (where present) broken into a series of dashes anterior to the forelimb - a pattern not seen in C. longipes or C. sexdentata [from DONNELLAN et al. 2009]. |
Comment | Synonymy: Has been previously synonymized with C. longipes but revalidated by DONNELLAN et al. 2009. |
Etymology | Presumably named after the Latin quinque (five) plus carinatus (keeled), referring to the five keels present on the dorsal scales. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024) |
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