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Carlia
Carlia ailanpalai
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Carlia

Gray, 1845[1]

Carlia is a genus of skinks, commonly known as four-fingered skinks, in the subfamily Lygosominae. Carlia belongs to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Lampropholis, and possibly others of the Eugongylus group.[2]

Species

The genus Carlia contains the following species (n.b. a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Carlia):[3]

References

  1. ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (2): 503–511. 2006. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Carlia, Reptile Database.