Genus Carinascincus Wells & Wellington, 1985

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• Carinascincus 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 [Date published September, 1985] [24].

  Type species:

   Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1975 by original designation.
• Litotescincus 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 [Date published September, 1985] [33].

  Type species:

   Mocoa metallica O'Shaughnessy, 1874 by original designation.
• Tasmascincus 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 [Date published September, 1985] [39].

  Type species:

   Pseudemoia palfreymani Rawlinson, 1974 by original designation.
• Niveoscincus 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: 535-554 [544].

  Type species:

   Leiolopisma greeni Rawlinson, 1974 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. 367-384 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G. & Lee, M. (eds). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Sydney : Australian Scientific Publishing Pty Ltd 942 pp.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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