Carlia storri

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Carlia storri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. storri
Binomial name
Carlia storri

Carlia storri, also known commonly as the brown bicarinate rainbow-skink or Storr's carlia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was first described by Glen Joseph Ingram and Jeanette Covacevich in 1989. It is native to Papua New Guinea and the Australian state of Queensland. [4]

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Etymology

The specific name, storri, is in honour of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr. [5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. storri are the supralittoral zone, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft). [1]

Reproduction

Carlia storri usually have two clutches of eggs per year, with two eggs per clutch. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Allison A, Tallowin O, Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Carlia storri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42483425A42483430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483425A42483430.en. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. "Species profile: Carlia storri". Queensland Government.
  3. Ingram, G., Covacevich, J. ""Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea"". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 27 (2): 479–481 + Figures 6, 45, 46. 1989.
  4. Carlia storri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  5. 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 storri, p. 256).
  6. Rowland, Peter; Farrell, Chris (15 July 2021). A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of Australia (2nd ed.). Australian Geographic. p. 68. ISBN   978-1-912081-03-5.

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