Carlia storri

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Carlia storri

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Least Concern (NCA)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. storri
Binomial name
Carlia storri

Carlia storri, also known commonly as the brown bicarinate rainbow-skink or Storr's carlia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was first described by Glen Joseph Ingram and Jeanette Covacevich in 1989. It is native to the Australian state of Queensland and to Papua New Guinea.[4]

Etymology[]

The specific name, storri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.[5]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of C. storri are the supralittoral zone, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft).[1]

Reproduction[]

Carlia storri is oviparous.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Allison A, , Couper P, , (2018). "Carlia storri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42483425A42483430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483425A42483430.en. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Species profile: Carlia storri". Queensland Government.
  3. ^ Ingram, G., Covacevich, J. ""Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea"". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 27 (2): 479–481 + Figures 6, 45, 46. 1989.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Carlia storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Carlia storri, p. 256).

Further reading[]

  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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