Species Carinascincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
Metallic Cool-skink
- Mocoa metallica O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. A description of a new species of Scincidae in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 13: 298-301 [299].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.7.7–14, TAS. - [Mocoa ocellata (part.)] Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [82].
Type data:
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1946.8.10.78, Australia. - [Mocoa pseudocarinata (part.)] O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. A description of a new species of Scincidae in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 13: 298-301 [300].
Type data:
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1946.8.16.22, Tasmania.
Generic Combinations
- Leiolopisma metallicum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 31: 1-67 [16] - Niveoscincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
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 metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
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. [378]
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Alpine, closed forest, diurnal, tall forest, terrestrial, viviparous.
General References
Baehr, M. 1976. Beiträge zur Verbreitung und Ökologie Tasmanischer Reptilien. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 292: 1-24 (natural history)
Rawlinson, P.A. 1974. Biogeography and ecology of the reptiles of Tasmania and the Bass Strait area. Chapt. 11. pp. 291-338 in Williams, W.D. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology in Tasmania. The Hague : Junk 498 pp. (biogeography)
Spellerberg, I.F. 1972. Temperature tolerances of southeast Australian reptiles examined in relation to reptile thermoregulation behaviour and distribution. Oecologia (Berlin) 9: 23-46
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] (Metallic Cool-skink)
History of changes
| 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) |