Carlia insularis
Carlia insularis, the Kimberley islands rainbow-skink, is a species of skink. It is endemic to the islands of the Bonaparte Archipelago in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.[1][2] It measures 28–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in) in snout–vent length.[1]
| Carlia insularis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Carlia |
| Species: | C. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carlia insularis Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie, & Moritz, 2017[1] | |
References
- Afonso Silva, Ana C.; Santos, Natali; Ogilvie, Huw A. & Moritz, Craig (2017). "Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology". PeerJ. 5: e3724. doi:10.7717/peerj.3724. PMC 5580384. PMID 28875076.
- Carlia insularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2020.
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