''Carlia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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. S ...

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

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 species ...

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

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...

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 wi ...

'', ''

Lampropholis ''Lampropholis'' is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The genus ''Lampropholis'' was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera '' Niveoscincus'', ''Leio ...

'', 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 c ...

'' 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 ...

Species

The genus ''Carlia'' contains the following species (

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, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Carlia''): *'' Carlia aenigma'' (

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, 2004) – enigmatic rainbow skink *'' Carlia ailanpalai'' (Zug, 2004) – curious skink *'' Carlia amax'' ( Storr, 1974) – bauxite rainbow-skink *'' Carlia aramia'' (Zug, 2004) – Aramia rainbow skink *'' Carlia babarensis'' ( Kopstein, 1926) *'' Carlia beccarii'' ( W. Peters & Doria, 1878) *'' Carlia bicarinata'' ( Macleay, 1877) – rainbow-skink *'' Carlia bomberai'' (Zug & Allison, 2006) *'' Carlia caesius'' (Zug & Allison, 2006) *'' Carlia crypta'' Singhal, Hoskin, Couper, Potter, & Moritz, 2018 *''

Carlia decora ''Carlia decora'', the elegant rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is native to Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising ...

'' Hoskin & Couper, 2012 – elegant rainbow-skink *'' Carlia diguliensis'' (Kopstein, 1926) – Digul River rainbow skink *''

Carlia dogare ''Carlia dogare'', the sandy rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is native to Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising ...

'' ( Covacevich & Ingram, 1975) – sandy rainbow-skink *''

Carlia eothen ''Carlia eothen'' is a species of 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 the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( ...

'' (Zug, 2004) *'' Carlia fusca'' ( A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – brown four-fingered skink, Indonesian brown skink *''

Carlia gracilis ''Carlia gracilis'', the slender rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is native to Northern Territory and Western Australia in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign ...

'' (Storr, 1974) – slender rainbow-skink *''

Carlia inconnexa ''Carlia inconnexa'', the Whitsunday rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is endemic to Whitsunday, Hook, and Lindeman Island in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign ...

'' Ingram & Covacevich, 1989 – Whitsunday rainbow-skink *''

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. It measures in snout–vent length Snout–vent length ...

'' Afonso-Silva, Santos,

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& Moritz, 2017 – Kimberley islands rainbow-skink *''

Carlia isostriacantha ''Carlia isostriacantha'', the Monsoonal three-keeled rainbow-skink, is a species of skink. 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 betw ...

'' Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz, 2017 – Monsoonal three-keeled rainbow-skink *''

Carlia jarnoldae ''Carlia jarnoldae'', also known commonly as the lined rainbow-skink or the lined rainbow skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the state of Queensland in Australia. Etym ...

'' (Covacevich & Ingram, 1975) – lined rainbow-skink *''

Carlia johnstonei ''Carlia johnstonei'', also known commonly as the rough brown rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''johnstonei'', is in ...

'' (Storr, 1974) – rough brown rainbow-skink *''

Carlia leucotaenia ''Carlia leucotaenia'' is a species of skink in the subfamily Eugongylinae. It is endemic to the Maluku Islands (=Moluccas) of Indonesia, specifically Seram and Ambon Islands. Description Males measure and females in snout–vent length. ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1860) *'' Carlia longipes'' (Macleay, 1877) – closed-litter rainbow-skink *''

Carlia luctuosa ''Carlia luctuosa'' is a species of 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 the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ...

'' (W. Peters & Doria, 1878) *''

Carlia munda ''Carlia munda'', the shaded-litter rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is endemic to northern Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprisin ...

'' ( De Vis, 1885) – shaded-litter rainbow-skink *'' Carlia mysi'' (Zug, 2004) – Mys's rainbow skink *''

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

'' (Zug, 2010) *''

Carlia pectoralis ''Carlia pectoralis'', the open-litter rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is endemic to Queensland in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country ...

'' (De Vis, 1885) – open-litter rainbow-skink *''

Carlia peronii ''Carlia peronii'' is a species of 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 ...

'' (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) *''

Carlia pulla ''Carlia pulla'' is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is native to Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tp ...

'' ( 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 ''Carlia insularis'', the black-throated rainbow-skink or hooded rainbow skink, is a species of skink in the genus '' Carlia''. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign st ...

'' (De Vis, 1885) – black-throated rainbow-skink, hooded rainbow skink *'' Carlia rubigo'' Hoskin & Couper, 2012 – orange-flanked rainbow-skink *'' Carlia rubrigularis'' (Ingram & Covacevich, 1989) – red-throated rainbow-skink, northern red-throated skink *''

Carlia rufilatus ''Carlia rufilatus'', the red-sided rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is endemic to Northern Territory and Western Australia in Australia. References

Carlia Reptiles described in 1974 Endemic fauna of Austra ...

'' (Storr, 1974) – red-sided rainbow-skink *''

Carlia schmeltzii ''Carlia schmeltzii'', known commonly as the robust rainbow-skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Etymology The specific name, ''schmeltzii'', is in honor of German ethnographer Johannes Di ...

'' (W. Peters, 1867) – robust rainbow-skink, Schmeltz's skink *''

Carlia sexdentata ''Carlia sexdentata'', commonly known as the six-toothed rainbow-skink, is a species of skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 di ...

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

Carlia spinauris ''Carlia spinauris'' is a species of skink in the genus ''Carlia''. It is native to Indonesia. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16650421 Carlia Reptiles described in 1927 Endemic fauna of Indonesia Reptiles of Indonesia Taxa named by Malcolm A ...

'' (Smith, 1927) *''

Carlia storri ''Carlia storri'', also known commonly as the brown bicarinate rainbow-skink or Storr's carlia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was first described by Glen Joseph Ingram and Jeanette Covacevich in 1989. It is nativ ...

'' (Ingram & Covacevich, 1989) – brown bicarinate rainbow-skink *''

Carlia sukur ''Carlia sukur'', the Sukur four-toed skink, is a species of 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, th ...

'' Zug &

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, 2014 – Sukur four-toed skink *''

Carlia tetradactyla ''Carlia tetradactyla'', the southern rainbow-skink, is a small species of colourful lizard found in Australia. A synonym for the species is ''Mocoa tetradactyla'', published with a description by A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy in 1879.O'Shaughnessy, A ...

'' (

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, 1879) – southern rainbow-skink *''

Carlia triacantha The desert rainbow-skink (''Carlia triacantha'') is an Australian skink in the genus ''Carlia'', commonly known as four-fingered skinks, from the subfamily Lygosominae. It is native species, native to Deserts and xeric shrublands, desert woodland ...

'' (Mitchell, 1953) –

desert rainbow-skink The desert rainbow-skink (''Carlia triacantha'') is an Australian skink in the genus '' Carlia'', commonly known as four-fingered skinks, from the subfamily Lygosominae. It is native to desert woodland regions throughout most of the Northern T ...

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Carlia tutela ''Carlia tutela'' 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 consists of ...

'' (Zug, 2004) *'' Carlia vivax'' (De Vis, 1884) – lively rainbow-skink, tussock rainbow-skink *'' Carlia wundalthini'' (

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, 2014) – Cape Melville rainbow skink

Species

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