Carlia bicarinata

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: Carlia
Species: Carlia bicarinata

Name

Carlia bicarinata (Macleay, 1877)

• Syntypes: MAMU. [lost fide Goldman et al. (1969)]
• Neotype: QM J27717, collected by F. Parker on 2 November 1973. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1989: 447)]
• Type locality: “Hall Sound”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Kairuku, Yule Island, Hall Sound, Papua New Guinea” by Ingram & Covacevich (1989: 447).

Combinations

• Heteropus bicarinatus Macleay, 1877: 68 [original combination]
• Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) bicarinata — Smith, 1937: 225 [subsequent combination]
• Carlia bicarinata — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Heteropus albertisii Peters & Doria, 1878: 362
  • Lectotype: MSNG 28052a, collected by Luigi Maria d'Albertis. [designated by Ingram & Covacevich (1989: 447)]
  • Type locality: “Nova Guinea austro-orientalis, Yule Island”.

References

Primary references

• Macleay 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: part 1: 60–69. BHL; part 2: 97–104. BHL
• Peters, W. & Doria, G. 1878. Catalogo dei retilli e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Alberts e A. A. Bruijn. nella sotto-regione Austro-Malese. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie 1, 13: 323–450. BHL
• Ingram, G. & Covacevich, J. 1989. Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 443–490. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Carlia bicarinata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 March 2020.
• Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. 2015. IUCN: Carlia bicarinata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T178415A21645128. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178415A21645128.en

Vernacular names

English: Papuan Bicarinate Rainbow-skink