Carinascincus pretiosus

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

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.54 (ex BMNH 1845.5.2.10), collected by Ronald Gunn.

Type locality: “Tasmania”, Australia.

Mocoa pretiosa O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 298 [original combination]
Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) pretiosus — Smith, 1937: 225 [subsequent combination]
Lampropholis pretiosa — Mittleman, 1952: 29 [subsequent combination]
Leiolopisma pretiosum — Greer, 1974: 17 [subsequent combination]
Carinascincus pretiosum — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 24 [subsequent combination, incorrect spelling]
Niveoscincus pretiosus — Hutchinson et al. 1990: 544 [subsequent combination]
Carinascincus pretiosus — Couper, Covacevich, Amey & Baker, 2006: 380 [subsequent combination, correct spelling]

O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page.
Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page.
Hutchinson, M.N., Donnellan, S.C., Baverstock, P.R., Krieg, M., Simms, S. & Burgin, S. 1990. Immunological relationships and generic revision of the Australian lizards assigned to the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38(5): 535–554. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900535 Reference page.
Couper, P.J., Covacevich, J.A., Amey, A.P. & Baker, A.M. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. pp. 367–383 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds). Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Auscipub Pty Ltd.: Sydney. 942 pp. ISBN 0975779001 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carinascincus pretiosus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2018.
Chapple, D.C, Michael, D., Robertson, P., Clemann, N. & Wapstra, E. 2018. IUCN: Niveoscincus pretiosus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109480730A109480743.

English: Tasmanian Tree Skink