Carlia sexdentata

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 sexdentata

Name

Carlia sexdentata (Macleay, 1877)

• Lectotype: AMS R31879. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1989: 457)]
• Type locality: “Cape Grenville”, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Combinations

• Heteropus sexdentatus Macleay, 1877: 67 [original combination]
• Carlia sexdentata — Donnellan, Couper, Saint & Wheaton, 2009: 18 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Heteropus variegatus Macleay, 1877: 66 [synonymized by Donnellan, Couper, Saint & Wheaton (2009: 18)]
  • Lectotype: AMS R31868. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1989: 457)]
  • Type locality: “Darnley Island”, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

• Heteropus maculatus De Vis, 1885: 169 [synonymized by Donnellan, Couper, Saint & Wheaton (2009: 18)]
  • Type material: lost fide Covacevich (1971).
  • Type locality: “Cape York”, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

• Heteropus rubricatus De Vis, 1885: 170 [synonymized by Donnellan, Couper, Saint & Wheaton (2009: 18)]
  • Type material: lost fide Covacevich (1971).
  • Type locality: “Cape York”, north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

References

Primary references

• Macleay 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: part 1: 60–69. BHL; part 2: 97–104. BHL
• De Vis, C.W. 1885. A conspect of the genus Heteropus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 166–173. BHL
• Ingram, G. & Covacevich, J. 1989. Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 443–490. BHL Reference page. 
• Donnellan, S.C., Couper, P.J., Saint, K.M. & Wheaton, L. 2009. Systematics of the Carlia ‘fusca’ complex (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 2227(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carlia sexdentata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 March 2020.
• Couper, P., Hoskin, C. & Amey, A. 2018. IUCN: Carlia sexdentata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102966905A102966941. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102966905A102966941.en

Vernacular names

English: Six-toothed Rainbow-skink