Carlia rubrigularis

Carlia rubrigularis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Carlia
Species:	C. rubrigularis
Binomial name
Carlia rubrigularis Ingram & Covacevich, 1989

Carlia rubrigularis, the red-throated rainbow-skink or the northern red-throated skink is a species of skink in the genus Carlia . It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. ^[2]

C. rubrigularis, provides an example of sexual dimorphism. Males display red throat coloration, while females exhibit pale pink. Throat coloration in males has been observed to become exaggerated during breeding season. ^[3]

The reproduction period for female C. rubrigularis occurs from July-April. ^[4]

References

1. Shea, G.; Hoskin, C. (2018). "Carlia rubrigularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T178275A101753203. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178275A101753203.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Carlia rubrigularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. Manicom, Carryn; Alford, Ross; Schoener, Thomas; Schwarzkopf, Lin (June 2014). "Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards". Ecology. 6 (95): 1531–1544. Bibcode:2014Ecol...95.1531M. doi:10.1890/13-0693.1. PMID   25039218.
4. Goodman, Brett (Jan 2006). "The effects of maternal size on clutch traits in a tropical invariant-clutch lizard, Carlia rubrigularis (Scincidae)". Amphibia-Reptilia. 27 (4): 505–511. doi: 10.1163/156853806778877167 .