Carlia
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Carlia fusca
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Carlia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae). It belongs to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Lampropholis and possibly others of the Eugongylus group (Austin & Arnold 2006).
[edit] Species
- Carlia amax
- Carlia bicarinata
- Carlia bomberai
- Carlia caesius
- Carlia coensis
- Carlia dogare
- Carlia fusca
- Carlia gracilis
- Carlia jarnoldae
- Carlia johnstonei
- Carlia longipes
- Carlia munda
- Carlia mundivensis
- Carlia parrhasius
- Carlia pectoralis
- Carlia prava
- Carlia rhomboidalis
- Carlia rimula
- Carlia rostralis
- Carlia rubrigularis
- Carlia rufilatus
- Carlia schlegelii
- Carlia schmeltzii
- Carlia scirtetis
- Carlia storri
- Carlia tetradactyla
- Carlia triacantha
- Carlia vivax
[edit] References
- Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)