Carinascincus
Genus of lizards
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Carinascincus is a genus of lizards, commonly called snow skinks[1] or cool-skinks,[2] in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. Species in the genus Carinoscincus are native mainly to Tasmania or Victoria, Australia.[3] Then recognised as the genus Niveoscincus, it was found to belong to a clade with the genera Carlia, Lampropholis and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.[4] Cogger has rejected the use of the junior name Niveoscincus and recognizes the valid senior generic name Carinascincus for the group.[5] For similar skinks see genera Pseudemoia, Lampropholis, and Bassiana. These skinks have adapted to the cooler weather of southern Australia and particularly Tasmania, hence the common names.
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| Carinascincus metallicus, metallic skink, near Cradle Mountain, Tasmania | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Carinascincus Wells & Wellington, 1985 |
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Eight, see text. | |
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Species
- Carinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975) – southern forest cool-skink
- Carinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) – alpine cool-skink or northern snow skink
- Carinascincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – metallic skink or metallic cool-skink
- Carinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink
- Carinascincus ocellatus (Gray, 1845) – spotted skink, ocellated cool-skink, or ocellated skink
- Carinascincus orocryptus (Hutchinson, Schwaner & Medlock, 1988) – Tasmanian mountain skink, heath cool-skink, or mountain skink
- Carinascincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) – Pedra Branca skink, Pedra Branca cool-skink, or red-throated skink
- Carinascincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Tasmanian tree skink or agile cool-skink
