Carlia triacantha

Carlia triacantha

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 triacantha

Name

Carlia triacantha (Mitchell, 1953)

• Holotype: SAM R2697, subadult ♂, collected by Dr. R.V. Southcott in June 1943.
• Type locality: “Adelaide River, Northern Territory”.

Combinations

• Leiolopisma triacantha Mitchell, 1953: 88 [original combination]
• Lygosoma triacantha — Worrell, 1963 [subsequent combination]
• Carlia triacantha — Cogger, 1975 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Mitchell, F.J. 1953. A brief revision of the four-fingered members of the genus Leiolopisma (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum 11(1): 75–90. BHL Reference page. 

Additional 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 triacantha. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Desert Rainbow-skink