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Carlia rubrigularis
A smallish dark grey brown skink, adults with a rich red flush to the sides of the neck. The dorsal surface features
numerous scattered darker and paler flecks. Sometimes there is a narrow pale dorso-lateral stripe that commences over the eye and extends to the tail in females. This strip is absent
or present only anteriorly in adult males. The flanks are darker and are finely speckled with black and pale brown. Sometimes there is a pale mid-lateral stripe present. The head is
paler than the body, usually a rich bronze-brown. The ventral surface is whitish. [eng]
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Carlia longipes
Specimen at right is a male in breeding colors, on
Fitzroy Island, Queensland, Australia. [eng]
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Genus Carlia
This group contains several species of fairly typical skinks from Australia and New Guinea. The have
cylindrical bodies, long tails, shiny scales with feeble keels (a lens maybe needed to see the keels), four
well-developed limbs, and four digits on each limb. [eng]
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Carlia pectoralis
Photo and map of distribution. [eng]
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