Species Carlia longipes (Macleay, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heteropus longipes Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 60-69 [1878 on title page] [66].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R31878, Endeavour River, QLD.
• Heteropus cheverti Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 60-69 [1878 on title page] [67].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM R31875–6, Barrow Is., QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [139]

 

Generic Combinations

• Carlia longipes (Macleay, 1877).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also in New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, diurnal, open forest, oviparous, terrestrial.

 

General References

Donnellan, S.C., Couper, P.J., Saint, K.M. & Wheaton, L. 2009. Systematics of the Carlia 'fusca' complex (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 2227: 1-31

Greer, A.E. 1980. Critical thermal maximum temperatures in Australian scincid lizards: their ecological and evolutionary significance. Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 91-102 (as Carlia fusca)

Mitchell, F.J. 1953. A brief revision of the four-fingered members of the genus Leiolopisma (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11: 75-90 (as Leiolopisma fuscum)

Wilhoft, D.C. & Reiter, E.O. 1965. Sexual cycle of the lizard, Leiolopisma fuscum, a tropical Australian skink. Journal of Morphology 116: 379-388 (as Leiolopisma fuscum)

 

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. [24] (Closed-litter Rainbow-skink)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)