Carlia insularis
Appearance
Carlia insularis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Carlia |
Species: | C. insularis
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Binomial name | |
Carlia insularis Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie, & Moritz, 2017[1]
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Carlia insularis, the Kimberley islands rainbow-skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the islands of the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[1][2] It measures 28–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in) in snout–vent length.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Afonso Silva, Ana C.; Santos, Natali; Ogilvie, Huw A. & Moritz, Craig (2017). "Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology". PeerJ. 5: e3724. doi:10.7717/peerj.3724.
- ^ Carlia insularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2020.