Carlia isostriacantha

Carlia isotriacantha, the Monsoonal three-keeled rainbow-skink, is a species of skink.[1][2] It is endemic to Australia; most records are from the Kimberley region in Western Australia, but there are also some records from the border area between the Northern Territory and Queensland. It measures 25–49 mm (1.0–1.9 in) in snout–vent length.[1]

Carlia isostriacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. isostriacantha
Binomial name
Carlia isostriacantha
Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie, & Moritz, 2017[1]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Carlia isostriacantha at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2020.


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