''Carlia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

s, commonly known as four-fingered skinks or rainbow skinks, in the

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Eugongylinae Eugongylinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the '' Eugongylus'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Eugongylinae contains 469 speci ...

. Before being placed in this new subfamily, ''Carlia'' was recovered in a

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with the

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Niveoscincus ''Carinascincus'' is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae), commonly called snow skinks or cool-skinks and residing mainly in Tasmania or Victoria, Australia. Then recognised as the genus ''Niveoscincus'', it was found to belong to a clade with ...

'', ''

Lampropholis ''Lampropholis'' is a genus of skinks, Common name, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the Family (biology), family Scincidae. The genus ''Lampropholis'' was previously found to belong to a clade with the Genus, ...

'', and others of the ''

Eugongylus ''Eugongylus'' is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae. It was previously recognised as namesake of the ''Eugonglyus'' group of genera within Lygosominae, where it occupied a quite basal position. Members of this genus are commonly ca ...

'' group within

Lygosominae Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus groups would be designated as such, but s ...

Species

The genus ''Carlia'' contains the following species ( n.b., a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Carlia''): *''

Carlia aenigma ''Carlia aenigma'' is a species of skink, commonly known as the enigmatic rainbow skink, in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), offic ...

'' (

Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...

, 2004) – enigmatic rainbow skink *''

Carlia ailanpalai ''Carlia ailanpalai'' is a species of skink, commonly known as the curious skink, in the genus ''Carlia''. It is native to Papua New Guinea. It has been introduced to Weno Island and Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorpo ...

'' (Zug, 2004) – curious skink *''

Carlia amax ''Carlia amax'' is a species of skink, commonly known as the bauxite rainbow-skink, in the genus ''Carlia''. It is native to northern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the m ...

'' (

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, 1974) – bauxite rainbow-skink *''

Carlia aramia ''Carlia aramia'' is a species of skink, commonly known as the Aramia rainbow skink, in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officiall ...

'' (Zug, 2004) – Aramia rainbow skink *''

Carlia babarensis ''Carlia babarensis'' is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consis ...

'' ( Kopstein, 1926) *''

Carlia beccarii ''Carlia beccarii'' is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. Etymology The specific name, ''beccarii'', is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. Beole ...

'' ( W. Peters &

Doria Doria or Dória may refer to: People Surname * Doria (family), a prominent Genoese family ** Andrea Doria (1466–1560), Genoese admiral ** Ansaldo Doria, 12th century Genoese statesman and commander ** Brancaleone Doria (died c. 1409?), husband ...

, 1878) *''

Carlia bicarinata ''Carlia bicarinata'' is a species of skink, commonly known as the rainbow-skink, in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially t ...

'' ( Macleay, 1877) – rainbow-skink *''

Carlia bomberai ''Carlia bomberai'' is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Irian Jaya in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific ocean ...

'' (Zug &

Allison Allison may refer to: People * Allison (given name) * Allison (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Eugene Allison Smith (1922-1980), American politician and farmer Companies * Allison Engine Company, American aircraft engine ...

, 2006) *''

Carlia caesius ''Carlia caesius'' is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Irian Jaya in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans ...

'' (Zug & Allison, 2006) *''

Carlia crypta ''Carlia crypta'' is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is native to Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = ...

'' Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter, & Moritz, 2018 *'' Carlia decora'' Hoskin & Couper, 2012 – elegant rainbow-skink *'' Carlia diguliensis'' (Kopstein, 1926) – Digul River rainbow skink *'' Carlia dogare'' ( Covacevich & Ingram, 1975) – sandy rainbow-skink *'' Carlia eothen'' (Zug, 2004) *''

Carlia fusca ''Carlia fusca'', the brown four-fingered skink or Indonesian brown skink, is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Halmahera in Indonesia and Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated ...

'' ( A.M.C. Duméril &

Bibron Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was hir ...

, 1839) – brown four-fingered skink, Indonesian brown skink *'' Carlia gracilis'' (Storr, 1974) – slender rainbow-skink *'' Carlia inconnexa'' Ingram & Covacevich, 1989 – Whitsunday rainbow-skink *'' Carlia insularis'' Afonso-Silva, Santos,

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Moritz Moritz is the German equivalent of the name Maurice. It may refer to: People Given name * Saint Maurice, also called Saint Moritz, the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century * Prince Moritz of Hesse (2007), the son of ...

, 2017 – Kimberley islands rainbow-skink *'' Carlia isostriacantha'' Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz, 2017 – Monsoonal three-keeled rainbow-skink *'' Carlia jarnoldae'' (Covacevich & Ingram, 1975) – lined rainbow-skink *'' Carlia johnstonei'' (Storr, 1974) – rough brown rainbow-skink *'' Carlia leucotaenia'' (

Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Carlia longipes'' (Macleay, 1877) – closed-litter rainbow-skink *'' Carlia luctuosa'' (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) *'' Carlia munda'' ( De Vis, 1885) – shaded-litter rainbow-skink *''

Carlia mysi ''Carlia mysi'' is a species of skink, commonly known as Mys' rainbow skink. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and occurs in both mainland New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago. Populations believed to be introduced exist in the Solomon Isl ...

'' (Zug, 2004) – Mys's rainbow skink *'' Carlia nigrauris'' (Zug, 2010) *'' Carlia pectoralis'' (De Vis, 1885) – open-litter rainbow-skink *'' Carlia peronii'' (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) *'' Carlia pulla'' ( T. Barbour, 1911) *'' Carlia quinquecarinata'' (Macleay, 1877) – five-keeled rainbow-skink, five-carinated rainbow-skink *'' Carlia rhomboidalis'' (W. Peters, 1869) – blue-throated rainbow-skink *'' Carlia rostralis'' (De Vis, 1885) – black-throated rainbow-skink, hooded rainbow skink *'' Carlia rubigo'' Hoskin & Couper, 2012 – orange-flanked rainbow-skink *''

Carlia rubrigularis ''Carlia rubrigularis'', the red-throated rainbow-skink or the northern red-throated skink is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia. ''C''. ''rubrigularis'', provides an example of sexual dimorphism. M ...

'' (Ingram & Covacevich, 1989) – red-throated rainbow-skink, northern red-throated skink *'' Carlia rufilatus'' (Storr, 1974) – red-sided rainbow-skink *'' Carlia schmeltzii'' (W. Peters, 1867) – robust rainbow-skink, Schmeltz's skink *'' Carlia sexdentata'' (Macleay, 1877) – six-toothed rainbow-skink *'' Carlia spinauris'' (Smith, 1927) *'' Carlia storri'' (Ingram & Covacevich, 1989) – brown bicarinate rainbow-skink *'' Carlia sukur'' Zug &

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, 2014 – Sukur four-toed skink *'' Carlia tetradactyla'' (

O'Shaughnessy Ó Seachnasaigh, O'Shaughnessy, collectively Uí Sheachnasaigh, clan name Cinél nAedha na hEchtghe, is a family surname of Irish origin. The name is found primarily in County Galway and County Limerick. Their name derives from Seachnasach mac ...

, 1879) – southern rainbow-skink *'' Carlia triacantha'' (Mitchell, 1953) – desert rainbow-skink *'' Carlia tutela'' (Zug, 2004) *'' Carlia vivax'' (De Vis, 1884) – lively rainbow-skink, tussock rainbow-skink *'' Carlia wundalthini'' ( Hoskin, 2014) – Cape Melville rainbow skink

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