Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Slender Rainbow Skink, Slender Rainbow-Skink
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species inhabits open woodlands and forests
. It lives in the
leaf litter
, usually along river
margins
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.8 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Swamp
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Carlia gracilis — Cogger 1983: 138 • Carlia gracilis — Cogger 2000: 392
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Holotype: WAM R43219 Named after Latin gracilis, meaning
small or lanky, or gracile
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carlia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. aeratus (Large-Disced Litter-Skink) · C. amax (Bauxite Rainbow-Skink) · C. bicarinata (Rainbow-Skink) · C. coensis (Coen Rainbow-Skink) · C. dogare (Sandy Rainbow Skink) · C. foliorum (Tree-Base Litter-Skink) · C. fusca (Brown Four-Fingered Skink) · C. fuscum (Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia) · C. gracilis (Slender Rainbow Skink) · C. jarnoldae (Lined Rainbow-Skink) · C. johnstonei (Rough Brown Rainbow-Skink) · C. laevis (Rainforest Edge Litter-Skink) · C. longipes (Closed-Litter Rainbow-Skink) · C. macfarlani (Translucent Litter-Skink) · C. munda (Shaded-Litter Rainbow-Skink) · C. mundivensis (Outcrop Rainbow-Skink) · C. parrhasius (Fire-Tailed Rainbow-Skink) · C. pectoralis (Open-Litter Rainbow-Skink) · C. rhomboidalis (Blue-Throated Rainbow-Skink) · C. rimula (Crevice Rainbow-Skink) · C. rococo (Chillagoe Litter-Skink) · C. rostralis (Black-Throated Rainbow-Skink) · C. rubrigularis (Northern Red-Throated Skink) · C. rufilatus (Red-Sided Rainbow-Skink) · C. schmeltzii (Robust Rainbow-Skink) · C. scirtetis (Black Mountain Rainbow-Skink) · C. sesbrauna (Eastern Cape Litter-Skink) · C. storri (Brown Bicarinate Rainbow-Skink) · C. tanneri (Endeavour River Litter-Skink) · C. tetradactyla (Southern Rainbow-Skink) · C. triacantha (Desert Rainbow-Skink) · C. vivax (Tussock Rainbow-Skink) · C. zuma (Sun-Loving Litter-Skink)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Cogger (2000) Rept. Amph. of Australia, 6th ed.
- Horner, P. 1992. Skinks of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).
- Storr (1974) Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 151-165
- Storr et al. (1981) Lizards Western Australia. I. Skinks.
- Storr et al. (1999) W. A. Museum
- Trainor, C,R, and Woinarski, J,C,Z, 1994. Responses of lizards to three experimental fires in the savanna forests of Kakadu National Park. Wildlife Research 21(2): 131-148.
- Wilson, S. and Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. New Holland, Sydney.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Shea, G.M. 2010. Carlia gracilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537395
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1417
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481009
- IUCN ID: 198099
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 636693
Footnotes
- Shea, G.M. 2010. Carlia gracilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
