| Carlia schmeltzii | |
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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] | |
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Carlia schmeltzii, known commonly as the robust rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The specific name, schmeltzii, is in honor of German ethnographer Johannes Dietrich Eduard Schmeltz. [3]
C. schmeltzii is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of C. schmeltzii are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest. [1]
Carlia is a genus of skinks, commonly known as four-fingered skinks, in the subfamily Eugongylinae. Before being placed in this new subfamily, Carlia was recovered in a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Lampropholis, and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.
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Anepischetosia maccoyi, also known commonly as the highlands forest-skink, highlands forest skink, Maccoy's elf skink, or McCoy's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Anepischetosia, is endemic to Australia.
Carlia pectoralis, the open-litter rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland in Australia.
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Carlia insularis, the black-throated rainbow-skink or hooded rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia where it is found in "eastern creeks in the Wet Tropics".
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