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
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=34648.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
