Species Carlia tetradactyla (O'Shaughnessy, 1879)
Southern Rainbow-skink
- Mocoa tetradactyla O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1879. Description of new species of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 4: 300-301 [300].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1946.8.17.43, unknown (labelled 'Queensland?'). - Lygosoma maccooeyi Ramsay, E.P. & Ogilby, J.D. 1890. Redescription of an Australian skink. Records of the Australian Museum 1: 8-9 [8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM R672, Brawlin, near Cootamundra, NSW; AM R676–7; AM R683–6; BMNH 1946.8.17.76–78; MCZ 6304.
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. [140]
Generic Combinations
- Carlia tetradactyla (O'Shaughnessy, 1879).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
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
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] (Southern Rainbow-skink)
History of changes
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