Species profile—Carlia quinquecarinata (Eastern Torres rainbow-skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Carlia quinquecarinata (Eastern Torres rainbow-skink)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Carlia quinquecarinata (Macleay, 1877)
- Common name
- Eastern Torres rainbow-skink
- Type reference
- Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2, 60-69.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 32816
- Synonym(s)
- Heteropus quinquecarinatus
Carlia fusca
Carlia longipes - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=32816.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
