Carlia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Carlia |
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| Carlia rubrigularis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Carlia Gray, 1845 |
Carlia is a group of skinks, which are a type of lizard. They are often called four-fingered skinks or rainbow skinks because of their appearance and sometimes their four fingers on each front foot. These interesting lizards belong to a larger family of skinks called Eugongylinae.
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What are Carlia Skinks?
Carlia skinks are small to medium-sized lizards. They are known for their smooth, shiny scales. Many species have bright colors, especially during breeding season. This is why some are called "rainbow skinks." They live in various habitats, from forests to grasslands.
Where Do Carlia Skinks Live?
Most Carlia skinks are found in Australia. You can also find some species in New Guinea and nearby islands. They like warm places and often hide among leaf litter or under rocks.
What Do Carlia Skinks Eat?
Carlia skinks are mostly insectivores. This means they love to eat insects and other small invertebrates. Their diet can include spiders, beetles, and ants. They are important for controlling insect populations in their habitats.
Species of Carlia Skinks
The Carlia group has many different species. Scientists are always discovering new ones! Here is a list of the known species. If a name has a person's name in parentheses, it means that scientist first described the species under a different group name.
- Carlia aenigma (Zug, 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 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 (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 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, Ogilvie & Moritz, 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, 1860)
- 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 (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 (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 & Kaiser, 2014 – Sukur four-toed skink
- Carlia tetradactyla (O'Shaughnessy, 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
See also
- In Spanish: Carlia para niños
