Carlia rubrigularis

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Carlia rubrigularis.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Shea, G. |author2=Hoskin, C. |date=2018 |title=Carlia rubrigularis |volume=2018 |page=e.T178275A101753203 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T178275A101753203.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Carlia

| species = rubrigularis

| authority = Ingram & Covacevich, 1989

| range_map = Carlia rubrigularis distribution.png

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Carlia rubrigularis, the red-throated rainbow-skink or the northern red-throated skink is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.{{NRDB species|genus=Carlia|species=rubrigularis}}

C. rubrigularis, provides an example of sexual dimorphism. Males display red throat coloration, while females exhibit pale pink. Throat coloration in males has been observed to become exaggerated during breeding season.{{cite journal |last1=Manicom |first1=Carryn |last2=Alford |first2=Ross |last3=Schoener |first3=Thomas |last4=Schwarzkopf |first4=Lin |title=Mechanisms causing variation in sexual size dimorphism in three sympatric, congeneric lizards |journal=Ecology |date=June 2014 |volume=6 |issue=95 |pages=1531–1544 |doi=10.1890/13-0693.1|pmid=25039218 |bibcode=2014Ecol...95.1531M |url=http://ecite.utas.edu.au/118017 }}

The reproduction period for female C. rubrigularis occurs from July-April.{{cite journal |last1=Goodman |first1=Brett |title=The effects of maternal size on clutch traits in a tropical invariant-clutch lizard, Carlia rubrigularis (Scincidae) |journal=Amphibia-Reptilia |date=Jan 2006 |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=505–511 |doi=10.1163/156853806778877167|doi-access=free }}