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.[1][2] It measures 28–51 mm (1.1–2.0 in) in snout–vent length.[1]

Carlia insularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Carlia
Species:
C. insularis
Binomial name
Carlia insularis
Afonso-Silva, Santos, Ogilvie, & Moritz, 2017[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Afonso Silva, Ana C.; Santos, Natali; Ogilvie, Huw A. & Moritz, Craig (2017). "Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology". PeerJ. 5: e3724. doi:10.7717/peerj.3724. PMC 5580384. PMID 28875076.
  2. ^ Carlia insularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2020.