Carlia longipes

Carlia longipes
Closed-litter rainbow-skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked): Sauria
Order: Squamata (paraphyletic)
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Carlia
Gray, 1845
Species: C.longipes
Binomial name
Carlia longipes
Macleay,1877

Carlia longipes is a species of skink, commonly known as closed-litter rainbow-skink, in the genera Carlia.[1]

Habitat and range

An Australian skink found in open forest and the edges of rainforest, from Hinchinbrook Island to Cooktown in north-east Queensland, Cape York Peninsula and eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2]

Description

It has a snout to vent length of 55mm, with four fingers and five toes. The ear opening is vertical or circular with pointed scales on the front edge. The body is brown with bronze sides, and a black stripe runs from the nostril to behind the foreleg. The back scales have a rounded hind edge, and the breeding male has a white throat. A similar species is Carlia rostralis.

References

  1. Ryan, Michelle; Burwell, Chris (2000). Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Collingwood Vic.: Queensland Museum. p. 212. ISBN 0-7242-9349-3.
  2. Catalogue of Life Carlia longipes

External links

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