CAVS: 2460
Species Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975)
Alpine Cool-skink, Northern Snow Skink
- Leiolopisma greeni 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 [8, fig. 2, pl. 1 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype NMV D18243, Mt Barrow summit (1413 m), TAS [41°23'S 147°25'E].
Generic Combinations
- Niveoscincus greeni (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 greeni (Rawlinson, 1975). —
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]
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas: Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, diurnal, terrestrial.
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] (Alpine Cool-skink)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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) |