Species Carinascincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mocoa pretiosa 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 [298].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.16.54, TAS.

  Secondary source:

   Hutchinson, M.N., Robertson, P. & Rawlinson, P.A. 1989. Redescription and ecology of the endemic Tasmanian scincid lizard Leiolopisma microlepidotum and L. pretiosum. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 123: 257–274 [265].

 

Generic Combinations

• Leiolopisma pretiosum (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 [17]
• Carinascincus pretiosum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874). —
  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]
• Lygosoma (Liolepisma) pretiosum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) [in part]. —
  Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xii 575 pp. 40 pls. [282, pI. XXII, fig. 2 (right)]
• Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) pretiosum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) [in part]. —
  Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39: 213-234 [225]
• Niveoscincus pretiosus (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]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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

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] (Agile Cool-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	04-May-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	SCINCIDAE	02-Nov-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)