Carlia storri
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Carlia storri.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = Allison A, Tallowin O, Couper P, Hoskin C, Amey A (2018). "Carlia storri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42483425A42483430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42483425A42483430.en. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
| status2 = LC
| status2_ref = {{cite web|url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=275|publisher=Queensland Government|title=Species profile: Carlia storri}}
| status2_system = QLDNCA
| genus = Carlia
| species = storri
| authority = Ingram & Covacevich, 1989
}}
Carlia storri, also known commonly as the brown bicarinate rainbow-skink or Storr's carlia, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was first described by Glen Joseph Ingram and Jeanette Covacevich in 1989. It is native to Papua New Guinea and the Australian state of Queensland.{{NRDB species|genus=Carlia|species=storri}}
Etymology
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. storri are the supralittoral zone, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
Reproduction
Carlia storri usually have two clutches of eggs per year, with two eggs per clutch.{{Cite book |last1=Rowland |first1=Peter |title=A Naturalist's Guide to the Reptiles of Australia |last2=Farrell |first2=Chris |date=15 July 2021 |publisher=Australian Geographic |isbn=978-1-912081-03-5 |edition=2nd |pages=68}}
References
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Ingram, G., Covacevich, J. {{cite journal|date=1989|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40661378 |title="Revision of the genus Carlia (Reptilia, Scincidae) in Australia with comments on Carlia bicarinata of New Guinea".|journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum|volume=27|number=2|pages= 479–481 + Figures 6, 45, 46}}
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Further reading
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. {{ISBN|978-0643100350}}.
- Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. {{ISBN|978-1921517280}}.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1989
Category:Reptiles of Papua New Guinea
Category:Taxa named by Glen Joseph Ingram