Species Carinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leiolopisma coventryi Rawlinson, P.A. 1975. Two new lizard species from the genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae: Lygosominae) in southeastern Australia and Tasmania. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 1-16 [2, pl. 1 fig. 1 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV D40080, 2 km N of Mt St Leonard, VIC [37°33'S 145°32'E].
• Litotescincus bartelli 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, 34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R90565, within 12 km of Picadilly Circus, Brindabella Range, NSW [35°22'S 148°48'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [61].

 

Generic Combinations

• Niveoscincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975). —
  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]
• Carinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975). —
  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, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, tall forest, terrestrial, viviparous.

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [35] (Southern Forest Cool-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	01-Nov-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)