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Carlia  Gray, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173972

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Four-fingered Skinks [English]
  
    Rainbow Skinks [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusCarlia Gray, 1845 – Four-fingered Skinks, Rainbow Skinks  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Carlia aenigma Zug, 2004  
                                        Species Carlia ailanpalai Zug, 2004 – Curious Skink 
                                        Species Carlia amax Storr, 1974 – Bauxite Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia aramia Zug, 2004  
                                        Species Carlia babarensis (Kopstein, 1926)  
                                        Species Carlia beccarii (Peters and Doria, 1878)  
                                        Species Carlia bicarinata (Macleay, 1877) – Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia bomberai Zug and Allison, 2006  
                                        Species Carlia caesius Zug and Allison, 2006  
                                        Species Carlia crypta Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter and Moritz, 2018  
                                        Species Carlia decora Hoskin and Couper, 2012 – Elegant Rainbow Skink 
                                        Species Carlia diguliensis (Kopstein, 1926)  
                                        Species Carlia dogare Covacevich and Ingram, 1975 – Sandy Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia eothen Zug, 2004  
                                        Species Carlia fusca (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839) – Curious Skink, Brown Four-fingered Skink, Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia 
                                        Species Carlia gracilis Storr, 1974 – Slender Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia inconnexa Ingram and Covacevich, 1989 – Whitsunday Rainbow Skink 
                                        Species Carlia insularis Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie and Moritz, 2017 – Kimberley Islands Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia isostriacantha Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie and Moritz, 2017 – Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia jarnoldae Covacevich and Ingram, 1975 – Lined Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia johnstonei Storr, 1974 – Lined Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia leucotaenia (Bleeker, 1860)  
                                        Species Carlia longipes (Macleay, 1877) – Closed-litter Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia luctuosa (Peters and Doria, 1878)  
                                        Species Carlia munda (De Vis, 1885) – Shaded-litter Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia mysi Zug, 2004  
                                        Species Carlia nigrauris Zug, 2010  
                                        Species Carlia pectoralis (De Vis, 1885) – Open-litter Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia peronii (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839)  
                                        Species Carlia pulla (Barbour, 1911)  
                                        Species Carlia quinquecarinata (Macleay, 1877) – Five-carinated Rainbow Skink 
                                        Species Carlia rhomboidalis (Peters, 1869) – Blue-throated Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia rostralis (De Vis, 1885) – Black-throated Rainbow-skink, Hooded Rainbow Skink 
                                        Species Carlia rubigo Hoskin and Couper, 2012 – Orange-flanked Rainbow Skink 
                                        Species Carlia rubrigularis Ingram and Covacevich, 1989 – Red-throated Rainbow-skink, Northern Red-throated Skink 
                                        Species Carlia rufilatus Storr, 1974 – Red-sided Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia schmeltzii (Peters, 1867) – Robust Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia sexdentata (Macleay, 1877) – Closed-litter Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia spinauris (Smith, 1927)  
                                        Species Carlia storri Ingram and Covacevich, 1989 – Brown Bicarinate Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia sukur Zug and Kaiser, 2014 – Sukur Four-toed Skink 
                                        Species Carlia tetradactyla (O'Shaughnessy, 1879) – Southern Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia triacantha (Mitchell, 1953) – Desert Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia tutela Zug, 2004  
                                        Species Carlia vivax (De Vis, 1884) – Tussock Rainbow-skink 
                                        Species Carlia wundalthini Hoskin, 2014 – Cape Melville Rainbow Skink 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Carlia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carlia   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Carlia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.  
  Publication Date: 1983   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carlia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carlia   
       

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