Carlia schmeltzii

Carlia schmeltzii, known commonly as the robust rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Carlia schmeltzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. schmeltzii
Binomial name
Carlia schmeltzii
(W. Peters, 1867)
Synonyms[2]
  • Heteropus schmeltzii
    W. Peters, 1867
  • Carlia prava
    Covacevich & Ingram, 1975
  • Carlia schmeltzii
    — Cogger, 1983

Etymology

The specific name, schmeltzii, is in honor of German ethnographer Johannes Dietrich Eduard Schmeltz.[3]

Geographic range

C. schmeltzii is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. schmeltzii are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]

Reproduction

C. schmeltzii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Vanderduys E, Venz M, Wilson S, Sanderson C, Hobson R (2018). "Carlia schmeltzii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T102966873A102966897. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102966873A102966897.en. Downloaded on 12 February 2020..
  2. Carlia schmeltzii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. 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 schmeltzii, p. 236).

Further reading
  • Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
  • Dolman G, Hugall AF (2008). "Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782–794.
  • Doody JS, Schembri B (2014). "Carlia schmeltzii (robust rainbow skink) environmentally-cued hatching". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 494.
  • Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13–37. (Heteropus schmeltzii, new species, p. 23). (in German).
  • Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.



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