Species profile—Carlia decora (elegant rainbow skink)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Carlia decora (elegant rainbow skink)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Carlia decora Hoskin & Couper, 2012
- Common name
- elegant rainbow skink
- Type reference
- Hoskin, C.J. & Couper, P.J. (2012). Description of two new Carlia species (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north-east Australia, elevation of Carlia pectoralis inconnexa Ingram & Covacevich 1989 to full species status, and redescription of Carlia pectoralis (de Vis 1884). Zootaxa 3546, 1-28.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 34648
- Synonym(s)
- Carlia pectoralis
- Alternate name(s)
- elegant rainbow-skink
- 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 AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=34648
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
