Carlia beccarii is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.[1]

Carlia beccarii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. beccarii
Binomial name
Carlia beccarii
(W. Peters & Doria, 1878)
Synonyms[1]
  • Heteropus beccarii
    W. Peters & Doria, 1878
  • Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) becarrii [sic]
    M.A. Smith, 1937
  • Carlia becarrii
    Zug, 2004

Etymology

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The specific name, beccarii, is in honor of Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari.[2]

Description

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Large for its genus, C. beccarii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 8 cm (3.1 in). Males are larger than females, an example of sexual dimorphism. The average SVL of adult males is 7.2 cm (2.8 in), while the average SVL of adult females is 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[1]

Reproduction

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C. beccarii is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Carlia beccarii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Carlia beccarii, p. 20).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lygosoma beccarii, p. 285).
  • Peters W, Doria G (1878). "Catalogo dei rettili e dei batraci raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. D'Albertis e A. A. Bruijn nella sotto-regione austro-malese ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 323–450. (Heteropus beccarii, new species, p. 361). (in Italian and Latin).
  • Zug GR (2004). "Systematics of the Carlia "fusca" lizards (Squamata: Scincidae) of New Guinea and Nearby Islands". Bishop Museum Bulletin of Zoology 5: 1–83. (Carlia beccarii, new combination, p. 59).