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Carinascincus  Wells and Wellington, 1985
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181709

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Niveoscincus Hutchinson et al., 1990
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusCarinascincus Wells and Wellington, 1985  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975) – Southern Forest Cool-skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) – Alpine Cool-skink, Northern Snow Skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus metallicus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Metallic Cool-skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Boulder Cool-skink, Southern Snow Skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus ocellatus (Gray, 1845) – Ocellated Cool-skink, Ocellated Skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus orocryptus (Hutchinson, Schwaner and Medlock, 1988) – Heath Cool-skink, Mountain Skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) – Pedra Branca Cool-skink 
                                        SpeciesCarinascincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Agile Cool-skink, Tasmanian Tree Skink 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
  Reference for: Carinascincus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, Richard W., and C. Ross Wellington   
  Publication Date: 1985   
  Article/Chapter Title: A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplement Series, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 1-64   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0728-4683   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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