Carinascincus
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Carinascincus is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae), commonly called snow skinks<ref>Wilson S, Swan G (2003). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Second Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishing.</ref> or cool-skinks<ref>Template:NRDB genus</ref> and residing mainly in Tasmania or Victoria, Australia.<ref>http://www.cyberlizard.org.uk/skinks_niveoscincus.htm Niveoscincus</ref> Then recognised as the genus Niveoscincus, it was found to belong to a clade with the genera Carlia, Lampropholis and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Cogger has rejected the use of the junior name Niveoscincus and recognizes the valid senior generic name Carinascincus for the group.<ref>Cogger (2014).</ref> For similar skinks see genera Pseudemoia, Lampropholis, and Bassiana. These skinks have adapted to the cooler weather of southern Australia and particularly Tasmania, hence the common names.
Species
- Carinascincus coventryi Template:Small – southern forest cool-skink
- Carinascincus greeni Template:Small – alpine cool-skink or northern snow skink
- Carinascincus metallicus Template:Small – metallic skink or metallic cool-skink
- Carinascincus microlepidotus Template:Small – boulder cool-skink or southern snow skink
- Carinascincus ocellatus Template:Small – spotted skink, ocellated cool-skink, or ocellated skink
- Carinascincus orocryptus Template:Small – Tasmanian mountain skink, heath cool-skink, or mountain skink
- Carinascincus palfreymani Template:Small – Pedra Branca skink, Pedra Branca cool-skink, or red-throated skink
- Carinascincus pretiosus Template:Small – Tasmanian tree skink or agile cool-skink
References
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Further reading
- Hutchinson MN, Donnellan SC, Baverstock PR, Krieg M, Simms S, Burgin S (1990). "Immunological Relationships and Generic Revision of the Australian Lizards Assigned to the Genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae, Lygosominae)". Australian J. Zool. 38 (5): 535–554. (Niveoscincus, new genus).
- Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. Template:ISBN.
- Wells, Richard W.; Wellington, C. Ross (1985). "A Classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia". Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplemental Series (1): 1-61. (Carinascincus, new genus, p. 24).