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Species profile—Carlia quinquecarinata (Eastern Torres rainbow-skink)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Carlia quinquecarinata (Eastern Torres rainbow-skink)

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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

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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