Carlia

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Carlia
Carlia fusca
Carlia fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (paraphyletic)
(unranked) Sauria
Order: Squamata (paraphyletic)
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Lygosominae
Genus: Carlia
Species

Nearly 30, see text

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)


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