Carinascincus microlepidotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Carinascincus
Species: Carinascincus microlepidotus

Name

• Carinascincus microlepidotus (O’Shaughnessy, 1874)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.17 (ex BMNH 1867.10.1.5), collected by G. Kreft.

Type locality: “Van Diemn's Land [=Tasmania]”, Australia.

Combinations

• Mocoa microlepidota O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 299 [original combination]
• Lampropholis microlepidota — Mittleman, 1952: 27 [subsequent combination]
• Leiolopisma microlepidotum — Hutchison, Robertson & Rawlison, 1989: 261 [subsequent combination]
• Niveoscincus microlepidotus — Hutchinson et al. 1990: 544 [subsequent combination]
• Carinascincus microlepidotus — Couper, Covacevich, Amey & Baker, 2006: 380 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page. 
• 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(5): 535–554. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9900535 Reference page. 
• 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. 367–383 in Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds). Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Auscipub Pty Ltd.: Sydney. 942 pp. ISBN 0975779001 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carinascincus microlepidotus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2018.
• Chapple, D.C, Michael, D., Robertson, P., Clemann, N. & Wapstra, E. 2017. IUCN: Niveoscincus microlepidotus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T109480639A109480661. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T109480639A109480661.en

Vernacular names

English: Southern Snow Skink