Carlia insularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Carlia
Species: Carlia insularis

Name

Carlia insularis Afonso Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz, 2017: 14

• Holotype: WAM R158646, collected by Richard How in 2004.
• Type locality: “North Maret island, Western Australia, [Australia,] in –14.3983, 124.97750”.

References

Primary references

• Afonso Silva, A.C., Santos, N., Ogilvie, H.A. & Moritz, C. 2017. Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology. PeerJ 5: e3724. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3724 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carlia insularis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Kimberley Islands Rainbow-skink