Description of two new Carlia species (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north-east Australia, elevation of Carlia pectoralis inconnexa Ingram & Covacevich 1989 to full species status, and redescription of Carlia pectoralis (de Vis 1884)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3546, 2012, Pages 1-28

  Hoskin, Conrad J ^a   Couper, Patrick J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carlia decora; Carlia inconnexa; Carlia rubigo; Lizard; Queensland; Reptile; Skink; Whitsunday islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869142343     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3546.1.1     Document Type: Article

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