Species Carlia triacantha (Mitchell, 1953)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leiolopisma triacantha 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 [88].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA R2697, Adelaide River, NT.

 

Generic Combinations

• Carlia triacantha (Mitchell, 1953).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, oviparous, saxicoline, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Afonso Silva, A.C., Santos, N., Ogilvie, H.A. & Moritz, C. 2017. Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology. PeerJ

Storr, G.M., Smith, L.A. & Johnstone, R.E. 1981. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Perth : University of Western Australia Press and Western Australian Museum 200 pp. (taxonomy)

 

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] (Desert 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)