Carlia schmeltzii, known commonly as the robust rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Carlia |
| Species: | C. schmeltzii
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| Carlia schmeltzii (W. Peters, 1867)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, schmeltzii, is in honor of German ethnographer Johannes Dietrich Eduard Schmeltz.[3]
Geographic range
editC. schmeltzii is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of C. schmeltzii are rocky areas, shrubland, savanna, and forest.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Vanderduys, E.; Venz, M.; Wilson, S.; Sanderson, C.; Hobson, R. (2018). "Carlia schmeltzii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102966873A102966897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102966873A102966897.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Carlia schmeltzii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ 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 schmeltzii, p. 236).
Further reading
edit- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
- Dolman G, Hugall AF (2008). "Combined mitochondrial and nuclear data enhance resolution of rapid radiation of Australian rainbow skinks (Scincidae: Carlia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 782–794.
- Doody JS, Schembri B (2014). "Carlia schmeltzii (robust rainbow skink) environmentally-cued hatching". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 494.
- Peters W (1867). "Herpetologische Notizen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13–37. (Heteropus schmeltzii, new species, p. 23). (in German).
- Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
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